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Drug War Chronicle is the world's leading drug policy newsletter, a major weekly publication used by advocates, academics, policymakers, media and many others to inform and empower their work. Drug War Chronicle in turn supports and builds the many organizations making up the drug policy reform movement and amplifies their work. Read some of the testimonials subscribers have sent us. If you want to be in the loop about what's going on in drug policy and the reform movement, Drug War Chronicle is a concise but essential read. Check out Chronicle editor Phillip S. Smith's August 2004 article, What We Are Watching at Drug War Chronicle if you'd like an overview of what the Chronicle beat consists of -- click here to check out Phil's latest thoughts in the Chronicle Blog. Also featured regularly in Drug War Chronicle are editorials by DRCNet executive director David Borden. Check out the Chronicle archives here, or browse our list of subtopics here. (Categorization of the several thousand articles in our archives is on the roadmap but may take some time to complete.)

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