Chronicle Archive
Comprehensive coverage of the War on Drugs since 1997
- Head of Scandal-Plagued DEA to Resign [FEATURE]
- Key Congressional Committee Has "No Confidence" in DEA Head Leonhart [FEATURE]
- Holding Motorists on Highway to Await Drug Dog Searches Not OK, Supreme Court Rules
- Medical Marijuana Update
- This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Chronicle AM: Jamaica Decrim Now in Effect, First CA 2016 Legalization Init Filed, GA Gov Signs CBD Bill, More (4/16/15)
- Chronicle AM: Pot Legalization Inits Filed in AZ, MA; ID Gov Vetoes CBD Oil Bill, China Wages Drug War, More (4/17/15)
- Chronicle AM: Obama on MedMJ; Chicago, NYC Drug Policy Reform Moves, CA Legalization Funds Begin to Flow, More (4/20/15)
- Chronicle AM: Supreme Court Nixes Roadside Waits for Drug Dogs, DEA Head to Resign, More (4/21/15)
- Chronicle AM: New Federal Pot Bill Filed, MO Hemp Bill Moves, PA MedMJ Bill Moves, More (4/22/15)
- To the Bitter End: The 9 States Where Marijuana Will Be Legalized Last [FEATURE]
- New Mexico Ends Civil Asset Forfeiture
- Another Week, Another Pair of Drug War Deaths
- Medical Marijuana Update
- Florida Man Dies After Eating Drugs to Avoid Bust
- This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Chronicle AM: Obama Talks Ganja in Jamaica, NM Ends Policing for Profit, More (4/10/15)
- Chronicle AM: Rand Paul Talks Drugs, CA Legalization Meetings, WI Legalization Bill, More (4/13/15)
- Chronicle AM: IA & VA Pot Polls; Ecuador Reform Bill, New Federal Cosponsors, More (4/14/15)
- Chronicle AM: Pro-Legalization Majority in Pew Poll, DEA Chief on Hot Seat Over Sex Scandals, More (4/15/15)
- Time Is Running Short...
- Bronx Teen Fleeing Cops Over Marijuana Falls to His Death
- Tulsa Meth and Guns Suspect Killed When Reserve Deputy Grabs Pistol Instead of Taser
- Medical Marijuana Update
- This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Drug War Chronicle Seeking Writing Interns
- Chronicle AM: DOJ Says It Can Still Prosecute Dispensaries, GA Forfeiture Bill Passes, More (4/2/15)
- Chronicle AM: Reps Challenge DOJ on Dispensary Prosecutions, CO Harm Reduction Bills, More (4/3/15)
- Chronicle AM: FL, OH, PA Poll Tight Majority for MJ Legalization, Needle Exchange, More (4/6/15)
- Chronicle AM: ID CBD Bill Passes, Another OH Legalization Init, NV Heroin Maintenance Hearing, More (4/7/15)
- Chronicle AM: France Okays Safe Injection Sites, Wichita Decriminalizes, Egypt Hash Debate, More (4/8/15)
- Chronicle AM: Third MI Init, TX MJ Bill Hearings, Drug Czar Touts Needle Exchanges, More (4/9/15)
- Here Comes Italy: The Next Country to Legalize Marijuana? [FEATURE]
- California Bill Seeks to Name Three Obscure Substances "Date Rape Drugs," Enhance Penalties [FEATURE]
- Fwd: APPEAL: Crucial New Campaign Needs Your Support!
- Drug War Chronicle Seeking Writing Interns
- Obama Commutes 22 Drug Sentences, Including Eight Lifers
- Medical Marijuana Update
- Two More Drug War Deaths This Week
- This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Chronicle AM: CA Poll Has 55% for Legalization, GA MedMJ CBD Bill Passes, DEA Sex Parties, More (3/26/15)
- Chronicle AM: CA Legalization Progress Report, DC Seed Share Event Draws Hundreds, More (3/27/15)
- Chronicle AM: CO Defends Pot Law, Drug Testing News, Feds Target Reddit Users, More (3/30/15)
- Chronicle AM: AK Pot Bill Advances, Obama Commutes Drug Sentences, Brit Drug Spat, More (3/31/15)
- Chronicle AM: Holder Takes on Forfeiture Again, NY Medical Marijuana Final Rules, More (4/1/15)
- Crucial New Campaign Needs Your Help
- Medical Marijuana Update
- This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Chronicle AM: DEA "Cold Consent" Searches, NYC Calls for Pot Legalization, KY Heroin Bills Collide, More (3/20/15)
- Chronicle AM: NM Legislature Passes Civil Asset Forfeiture Ban, No Jail for Junkies in WA County, More (3/23/15)
- Chronicle AM: Second Maine Initiative, Federal Hair Drug Tests for Truckers Bill, More (3/24/15)
- Chronicle AM: CO Pot Arrests Way Down, GA & ID CBD Bills Move, KY Heroin Bill Stalled, More (3/25/15)
- New Report Shows How Western-Imposed Prohibition Policies Hurt Poor Countries [FEATURE]
- Black Maryland Man Killed Fleeing Bust, Cop Claims Suspect Tried to Run Him Down
- Fleeing California Meth Suspect Crashes Cycle, Has Gun, Is Killed
- Medical Marijuana Update
- This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Chronicle AM: NV Pot Init Will Go to Voters Next Year, Dark Web Drug Bust, Saudis Behead Three, More (3/13/15)
- Chronicle AM: Chicago Cops Still Target Blacks for Pot, VT Ibogaine Bill, TX Med MJ Bill, More (3/16/15)
- Chronicle AM: Obama on Pot, Welfare Drug Test Bills, Italy Marijuana Legalization Bill, More (3/17/15)
- Chronicle AM: MT MMJ Comeback Bill, NJ Edibles A Step Closer, Dark Web Drug Site Goes Dark, More (3/18/15)
- Chronicle AM: Good New Pot Polls, State Dept. Drug Report Released, UN Iran Drug Aid Criticized, More (3/19/15)
- Historic Federal Bill to Legalize Medical Marijuana Rolled Out Today [FEATURE]
- Medical Marijuana Update
- Florida Cops Sell Man Drugs in Sting, Then Gun Him Down
- This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Chronicle AM: CO Pot Law Challenged Again, RI Legalization Bill Filed, Global Pain Med Crisis, More (2/5/15)
- Chronicle AM: NH Decrim Bill Advances, Fallout from Florida SWAT Killing, Bolivia Top Narc Busted, More (3/6/15)
- Chronicle AM: UN Drug Session in Vienna, Bernard Noble Rally in New Orleans, AZ Welfare Drug Test Flop, More (3/9/15)
- Chronicle AM: Historic Fed MedMJ Bill Filed, Coca Boom Falters, Wichita Weed Wars, More (3/10/15)
- Chronicle AM: NY Times Backs Fed MedMJ Bill, MD Asset Forfeiture Reform, Drugs Legal Today in Ireland, More (3/11/15)
- Chronicle AM: NH Decrim Bill Passes House, CO Legal Pot Sales Record, Coca-Chewing Day in Bolivia, More (3/12/15)
- Louisiana Man Gets 13 Years for Two Joints, Commutation Campaign Underway [FEATURE]
- Florida SWAT Cop Guns Down Unarmed Man in Marijuana Raid
- Maraschino Cherry Mogul Kills Self As Cops Discover Huge Marijuana Grow
- Medical Marijuana Update
- This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Chronicle AM: Paul v. Bush on Drug Policy, Russians Warn of DC Addicts, Global Drug War Report, More (2/26/15)
- Chronicle AM: Ted Cruz Shifts on State Legalization, Mexico Captures "La Tuta," Forfeiture Action, More (2/27/15)
- Chronicle AM: TX Border Surge Flops, Belize Decrim Proposal, British Drugged Driving Law, More (3/2/15)
- Chronicle AM: INCB Scolds US, Uruguay on Pot; DC & NYC Top Cops on Marijuana, Iran Executions, More (3/3/15)
- Chronicle AM: Nationwide Majority for Pot Legalization, WV Welfare Drug Test Bill Dies, More (3/4/14)
- Marijuana is Now Legal in Washington, DC! [FEATURE]
- First Phase of Alaska Legalization Goes Into Effect Tomorrow
- Federal Marijuana Legalization Bills Introduced [FEATURE]
- Medical Marijuana Update
- Alabama Man Killed in Pre-Dawn SWAT Drug Raid
- This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Chronicle AM: More CO Lawsuits, 2016 MI Inits, New Paid Med Rules a Pain for Vets, More (2/19/15)
- Chronicle AM: Federal Marijuana Bills, CO Legal Marijuana Battles, VA Cannabis Oil Bills Pass, More (2/20/15)
- Chronicle AM: Marijuana Legal in Alaska Tomorrow, Kosher MedMJ in NY, Chinese Meth, More (2/23/15)
- Chronicle AM: Marijuana Legal in Alaska, Ohio Initiative Hits Bump, Bad CA Bills, More (2/24/15)
- Chronicle AM: DC Legalizes, Jamaica Decriminalizes, Maryland Heroin Crisis, More (2/25/15)
- Broad Coalition Calls for Serious Criminal Justice Reforms in Congress [FEATURE]
- Medical Marijuana Update
- This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Chronicle AM: NM Legalization Vote, CA MedMJ Organ Transplant Bill, VA Harm Reduction Bills, More (2/12/15)
- Chronicle AM: CO 2014 Legal Pot Sales at $700 Million, Kettle Falls 5 Will Go to Trial, More (2/13/15)
- Chronicle AM: WA GOP Bill to Combine MedMJ, Recreational Pot Moves, KY Heroin Bill Passes House, More (2/16/15)
- Chronicle AM: VT MJ Legalization Bill, Texas Pot Lobby Day, Federal Sentencing Softens, More (2/17/15)
- Chronicle AM: Asset Forfeiture Reforms Blocked, AL Life Sentence for Pot, Ominous Afghan Opium News, More (2/18/15)