Chronicle Archive
Comprehensive coverage of the War on Drugs since 1997
- My Thoughts: How Things Move Forward
- Red Trumps Green: Legalization Initiatives Fall Beneath Conservative Wave [FEATURE]
- Dallas Votes to Decriminalize Pot Possession, Afghan Opium Production Rising Again, More... (11/7/24)
- DEA Sued Over Marijuana Rescheduling Process, Australian State Okays Drug Checking Program, More... (11/12/24)
- Trump Border Czar Pick Wants to Wipe Cartels "Off the Face of the Earth," More... (11/13/24)
- State Drug Reform Initiatives on the Ballot Tomorrow [FEATURE]
- Endorsement Harris – Part 1 of 2: Human Rights, Social Cohesion and Rule of Law
- Endorsement Harris, Part 2 of 2: Cannabis (Marijuana) Policy
- Minnesota Prosecutor Wants Woman to Do 30 Years for Meth-Tainted Bongwater [FEATURE]
- Medical Marijuana Update
- Colombia Coca Acreage Hits Record, AR Supreme Court Kills MedMJ Expansion Init, More... (10/21/24)
- DeSantis Takes Flak for Spending State Funds to Defeat Pot Init, Evo Morales Claims Assassination Attempt, More... (10/28/24)
- KY MedMJ Takes a Step Forward, Near 200 Dead in Sinaloa Cartel Clashes, More... (10/28/24)
- Judge Rules NYC Pot Shop Crackdown Unconstitutional, Trump Vows to Seize Cartel Assets, More... (10/30/24)
- MA Poll Has Psychedelic Legalization Init With Narrow Lead; Colombia Proposes Regulation of Coca, Poppy Crops, More... (11/1/24)
- KY Cop Convicted in Breonna Taylor Drug Raid Killing, Sinaloa Cartel Faction Fight Continues, More... (11/4/24)
- Last-Minute Poll Has FL Legal Pot Init Losing, German Cities Advance Plans for Legal Pot Pilot Projects, More... (11/5/24)
- AZ MJ-Using Drivers Must Be Impaired to Face DUI, NJ Therapeutic Psilocybin Bill Advances, More... (10/10/24)
- Major US Bank Fined for Drug Money Laundering, MD Waives Drug Test Fees for Parolees, More... (10/11/24)
- Kamala Harris Says She Will Federally Legalize Marijuana, NJ Hemp Conundrum, More... (10/14/24)
- DOJ Asks Appeals Court to Uphold Marijuana Prohibition, CA Judge Won't Lift Intoxicating Hemp Beverage Ban, More... (10/15/24)
- US Army Bans Delta-8 THC Products, Ecuador Sees Increased Coca Cultivation, More... (10/16/24)
- Drug ODs in Dramatic Drop, MA Psychedelic Init in Peril, More... (10/17/24)
- PR Governor Supports Careful Drug Decrim, Mendo Pot Farmers Catch a Break, More... (10/18/24)
- This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Medford Police Sued for Spying on Harm Reductionists, Other Activists [FEATURE]
- Medical Marijuana Update
- This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Methadone Rules to Be Eased Next Month, GA Pharmacy Begins Selling MedMJ Despite DEA Warning, More... (9/20/24)
- DEA Increases Quotas for Psychedelic Research, Sinaloa Cartel Infighting Death Toll Rises, More... (9/23/24)
- Pittsburgh Bars Job Discrimination Against MedMJ Patients, Czech Marijuana Legalization Draft Released, More... (9/24/24)
- Two Hundred Thousand Pot Arrests Last Year, CA Emergency Hemp THC Ban Now in Effect, More... (9/25/24)
- CA Hemp Product Ban Challenged, NJ AG Sues Healthcare Provider over Drug Testing Pregnant Women, More... (9/26/24)
- Fatal Drug Overdoses Are in Dramatic Decline [FEATURE]
- Japan to Punish Pot Use with Up to Seven Years in Prison, NE MedMJ Inits Certified for Ballot, More... (9/13/24)
- Biden Signs Bill to Study Illicit Drug Financing, Colombian Coca Company Sues Coca-Cola in Trademark Fight, More... (9/16/24)
- DEA Simplified "Accepted Medical Use" Drugs Standard, Four Face Death Penalty for Drugs in Bali, More... (9/17/24)
- Senate Committee Approves DOOBIE Act, AR MedMJ Init Appears Poised for Victory, More... (9/18/24)
- Dramatic Drop in Overdose Deaths Reported, Idaho Marijuana Legalization Init Filed, More... (9/19/24)
- Bipartisan Senate Bill Takes Aim at Shein and Temu -- and Fentanyl, Too [FEATURE]
- NC Tribe Opens MJ Sales to Adult, Trump Supports Biden Rescheduling Move, More... (9/9/24)
- This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Harris Campaign Accuses Trump of Lying About Pot Policy, Houston Narc Goes on Trial for Murder, More... (9/10/24)
- FL GOP At Odds Over Marijuana Init, Federal Fentanyl Bill Filed, More... (9/11/24)
- Usual Suspects Oppose North Dakota Legalization Init, Fears Rise of Sinaloa Cartel Civil War, More... (9/12/24)
- State Drug Reform Initiatives on the November Ballot [FEATURE]
- OR Law Recriminalizing Drug Possession Now in Effect [FEATURE]
- This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- DEA Sets MJ Rescheduling Hearing Date After Election, Colombia to Try Again on Legalization, More... (8/27/24)
- Home Depot to Stop Marijuana Testing for Workers, DEA Judge Sets Psychedelic Compound Ban Hearing, More... (8/28/24)
- Federal Appeals Court Upholds Pot Smoker's Gun Rights, Ukraine Regulators Reject MedMJ for PTSD, More... (8/30/24)
- OR Drug Decrim Ends, Nebraska Initiatives Qualify for Ballot, More... (9/3/24)
- FDA Approves Early-Stage Trials of Psychelic "Moxy," Oregon Study on Decrim and Overdoses, More... (9/5/24)
- 2026 Idaho Legalization Init Planned, KY Sees Strong MedMJ Business Interest, More... (9/6/24)
- Students Take On DEA's Psychedelic Research Chemicals Ban [FEATURE]
- StoptheDrugWar.org's Marijuana Rescheduling Comment
- OK Appeals Court Rules MedMJ-Using Pregnant Women Can't Be Charged with Child Neglect, Drug Czar Honors Interdiction Efforts, More... (7/19/24)
- OH Issues First Adult-Use Marijuana Business Licenses, US Citizen Sentenced to 13 Years on Russian Drug Charges, More... (7/22/24)
- Public Comment Period on Marijuana Rescheduling Proposal Ends, Thai Government Backtracks on Marijuana Recrimin, More... (7/24/24)
- US Nabs Sinaloa Cartel Head, MN Opens Applications for First Adult-Use Pot Licenses, More... (7/26/24)
- San Francisco Could Pay Welfare Recipients to Stay Drug-Free, MA Safe Injection Site Hearing, More... (7/29/24)
- Key GOP Lawmakers Question Marijuana Rescheduling Process, Another FL Poll Has MJ Init Winning, More... (7/30/24)
- The US Has Deported Half a Million People for Drug Offenses in 20 Years [FEATURE]
- "Pink Cocaine" Arrives in US, Congress Passes Federal Prison Reform Bill, More... (7/15/24)
- JD Vance on Marijuana Policy, Australia's Cocaine is Being Cut with Nitazenes, More... (7/16/24)
- DEA Gets 30,000 Public Comments on Marijuana Rescheduling, San Francisco Drug Overdoses Decline, More... (7/17/24)
- Democratic Party Platform Touts Marijuana Reforms But Falls Short of 2020, More (7/18/24)
- Chronicle Book Review: Blotter
- Medical Marijuana Update
- Federal Pot Expungement Bill Filed, CA Bill to Speed Psychedelic Research Goes to Governor, More... (7/8/24)
- GOP House Lawmakers Keep Messing with Marijuana Reforms, Florida Legalization Init Faces Opposition, More... (7/12/24)
- WA Natural Psychedelic Legalization Initiative Filed, Mexican Fentanyl Seizures Plummet, More... (7/10/24)
- MA Psychedelic Legalization Init Qualifies for Ballot, NC Latest State to Ban "Gas Station Heroin," More... (7/11/24)
- GOP House Lawmakers Keep Messing with Marijuana Reforms, Florida Legalization Init Faces Opposition, More... (7/12/24)