Chronicle Archive
Comprehensive coverage of the War on Drugs since 1997
- This Week's Corrupt Cop Stories
- CO Psychedelic Legalization Init Qualifies, Singapore Hangs Fifth in Four Months for Drug Offenses, More... (7/22/22)
- DEA Backs Off on Banning Five New Psychedelics, Colombia's ELN Hints at Peace Talks with New President, More... (7/25/22)
- Senate Dems' Legalization Bill Gets Hearing Tomorrow, Senate Bill to Allow TV Pot Ads in Legal States Filed, More... (7/26/22)
- Trump Calls for Death Penalty for Drug Dealers, Senate Legalization Bill Gets Hearing, More... (7/27/22)
- What Comes Next in the Philippine Drug War and Will Duterte Pay for His Crimes? [FEATURE]
- Medical Marijuana Update
- ND Legalization Init Hands in Signatures, No More Sales Tax for NJ Patients, More... (7/8/22)
- NY Grey Market Pot Shop Crackdown, Trump Praises China's Death Penalty for Drugs, More... (7/11/22)
- PA Governor Signs Pot Banking Protection Bill, RIP Ann Shulgin, Violence in Peru's Coca Zone, More... (7/12/22)
- MA Drug Decrim Bills Move to Study Phase, New San Francisco DA Pledges Drug Crackdown, More... (7/13/22)
- Senate Democrats' Legal Weed Bill Coming Next Week, Peru Seeks US Help With Cocaine Planes, More... (7/14/22)
- House Approves SAFE Banking Again, Colombia Cocaine Production Down Slightly, More... (7/15/22)
- Supreme Court Sides with Inmate in Crack Cocaine Resentencing Case [FEATURE]
- New Poll Could Bolster Vermont Drug Decrim Push [FEATURE]
- EVENT: Building Back with Justice? Marcos, Duterte, the ICC and the Philippine Drug War
- Medical Marijuana Update
- This Week's Corrupt Cop Stories
- No Drug Decrim Init in WA This Year, Colombia Truth Commission Calls for Legal, Regulated Drugs... (6/29/22)
- CA Safe Injection Site Bill Nears Final Passage, PA MedMJ DUI Bill Advances, More... (6/30/22)
- Another Push for the SAFE Banking Act, NJ Magic Mushroom Legalization Bill Filed, More... (7/1/22)
- Fed Judge Rules for Opioid Distributors in WV Lawsuit, CA Kills Marijuana Cultivator Tax, More... (7/5/22)
- Senators Press Biden to Deschedule Marijuana, OK Legalization Init Hands in Signatures, More... (7/6/22)
- AR Legalization Campaign Hands in Signatures, Amnesty on Singapore Drug War Hangings, More... (7/7/22)
- Leftist Former Guerrilla and Drug War Critic Gustavo Petro Wins Colombian Presidency [FEATURE]
- Medical Marijuana Update
- This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- LA Governor Signs MedMJ Bills, KY Governor's MedMJ Committee Meets, More... (6/22/22)
- NE MedMJ Initiative Signature Deadline Looms, Swiss Ease Medical Marijuana Access, More... (6/23/22)
- Marijuana Banking Protections Again Excluded from Spending Bill, House Approves Easing Bupe Access, More.... (6/24/22)
- Supreme Court Rules in Favor of "Pill Mill" Docs, UN Human Rights Experts Call for End to Drug War, More... (6/27/22)
- Supreme Court Rules for Crack Prisoners, CO Psychedelic Initiative Campaign Hands in Signatures, More... (6/28/22)
- British Columbia to Become First Canadian Province to Decriminalize Drug Possession [FEATURE]
- Delaware Lawmakers Fail to Override Governor's Marijuana Legalization Veto [FEATURE]
- Medical Marijuana Update
- This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- MS Medical Marijuana Applications Start Today, New MO & TX Pot Polls, More... (6/1/22)
- Canada Allows BC to Decriminalize Drug Possession, VA Lawmakers Propose Marijuana Misdemeanor, More... (5/31/22)
- CA Safe Injection Site Bill Advances, NC MedMJ Bill Advances, More... (6/2/22)
- NC Senate Approves MedMJ Bill, LA Bill to Protect MedMJ-Using State Workers Goes to Governor, More... (6/3/22)
- Taliban Launch Opium Poppy Eradication Campaign, NY Safe Injection Site Bill Dies, More... (6/6/22)
- US Mayors Call for Pot Banking Fix, Portugal Left Bloc Calls for Marijuana Legalization, More... (6/7/22)
- DE Marijuana Legalization Bill is Dead, No Mandatory School Drug Tests in Pakistan, More... (6/8/22)
- Chicago Expands Drug Diversion Program, Thailand Marijuana Legalization Now in Effect, More... (6/9/22)
- Marijuana is Now Legal in Rhode Island [FEATURE]
- Chronicle Book Review: "Transforming the War on Drugs" [FEATURE]
- News Release: Philippine Magnitsky Coalition to Target De Lima Persecutors, EJK Perpetrators
- This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Federal Pot Busts Continue Decade-Long Decline, VT Governor Vetoes Drug Decrim Study Bill, More... (5/23/22)
- DE Governor Vetoes Marijuana Legalization Bill, KS GOP Lawmakers Kill Fentanyl Test Strip Bill, More... (5/24/22)
- Biden Signs Criminal Justice Reform Executive Order, RI Legislature Approves Marijuana Legalization, More... (5/25/22)
- CO Governor Signs Bill Increasing Fentanyl Penalties, SD Will Vote on Marijuana Legalization in November, More... (5/26/22)
- State Banking Regulators Call for Passage of SAFE Banking Act, Colombia Could Elect a Drug War Critic as President, More... (5/27/22)
- In Wake of Pot Shop Shootings, Washington State is Fed Up with Congressional Inaction on Marijuana Banking [FEATURE]
- "Weed Like Change" Campaign Aims to Point Consumers Toward Eco-Friendly Marijuana [FEATURE]
- The Taliban Announces a Ban on Opium. Really? [FEATURE]
- Medical Marijuana Update
- This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Singapore Hangs Second Drug Convict in a Month, New Yorkers Support Safe Injection Sites, More... (4/27/22)
- CA Farmers' Market Pot Sales Bill Advances, CO Prescription MDMA Bill Advances, More... (4/28/22)
- Peru Announces Plan to Buy Up Entire Illegal Coca Crop, NH Senate Kills Legal Pot Bills Again, More... (4/29/22)
- Oklahoma MedMJ Moratorium Bill Nears Passage, Ecuador State of Emergency Over Drug Trafficking Violence, More... (5/2/22)
- Pell Grants for Prisoners Are Coming Back Next Year, OK Legal Pot Initiative Signature-Gathering Begins, More... (5/3/22)
- What Happens When Cops Plant a GPS Tracker on Your Car Without You Knowing? [FEATURE]
- White House Outlines Policies on Overdoses and Opioid Epidemic, GOP Legal Pot Bill Could Get Hearing, More... (3/3/22)
- SD Not Legalizing, Israel Decriminalizing, TN Fentanyl Test Strip Bill Advances, More... (3/7/22)
- RI Drug Decrim Bill Filed, Myanmar Drug Trade Ramping Up Amidst Civil War, More... (3/8/22)
- Poll Shows Strong Support for Legal Marijuana Banking Access, Police Paying Billions to Settle Misconduct Claims, More... (3/9/22)
- Rhode Island Marijuana Legalization Bill Rolled Out [FEATURE]
- This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- MD MJ Legalization Referendum Bill Advances, SD Senate Approves Legalization, More... (2/24/22)
- J&J and Drug Distributors Settle Opioid Lawsuits, SD Gov Cool to MJ Legalization Bill, More... (2/25/22)
- SD Marijuana Legalization Advances, Congress Extends Fentanyl Analog Criminalization Again, More... (2/18/22)
- Congress Passes Bill Naming Meth "Emerging Threat," RI Lawmakers Roll Out Marijuana Legalization Bill, More... (3/1/22)
- SD Legal Pot Bill "Smoked Out" and Revived, UT Therapeutic Psychedelic Task Force Bill Passes, More... (3/2/22)
- Where Marijuana Legalization Could Win at the Statehouse in 2022 [FEATURE]
- Medical Marijuana Update
- This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- NY Marijuana Licensing and Equity Bill Goes to Governor, Italian High Court Throws Out Plants Referendum, More... (2/17/22)
- SD Marijuana Legalization Advances, Congress Extends Fentanyl Analog Criminalization Again, More... (2/18/22)
- DE Marijuana Legalization Advances in House, AL Fentanyl Test Strip Bill Nears Final Vote, More... (2/22/22)
- NY Governor Signs Bill to Let Hemp Growers Grow Marijuana, Avocado Imports Resume After Cartel Threat, More... (2/23/22)