Drug War Chronicle #666 - January 13, 2011

A new designer drug is generating the same old knee-jerk prohibitionist responses. Be scared, very scared!

Who could have foreseen this? Laws designed to limit illicit meth production by tracking cold pill purchased have led to a whole new black market, the AP reports.

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A campus cop, an auxiliary cop, and a sheriff's deputy all go down.

New year, new body count in Mexico's seemingly unending prohibition-related violence. It's up to 136 so far this year.

Despite a nationwide emergency ban by the DEA, some state legislators still feel impelled to ban synthetic cannabinoids at the state level.

One Nebraska state senator has identified a grave threat to the Cornhusker State: Welfare recipients on drugs.

The Illinois House has shot down a medical marijuana bill already passed by the state Senate, but there is an outside chance it could still get another shot this session.

The year's second death during a drug law enforcement operation occurred Tuesday in Corpus Christi. Police said it was a suicide, but some local observers are assuming the worst.

Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.