Chronicle Archive
Comprehensive coverage of the War on Drugs since 1997
- Plan Colombia: Ten Years Later
- Chronicle Reviews: Two Books on Mexican Drug War, One on Border
- California Marijuana Legalization Initiative Picks Up Big Labor Endorsement
- Polls Split on California Marijuana Legalization Initiative
- Latin American Ex-Presidents Sign Anti-Prohibitionist "Vienna Declaration"
- Mexico Drug War Update
- This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Budget Axe Falls on Stockton Narcs
- School Drug Testing Has Little Impact, Dept. of Education Finds
- Nearly 2/3 of New Yorkers Support Medical Marijuana, Poll Finds
- This Week in History
- Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?
- Student Internships at StoptheDrugWar.org This Year!
- Feature: Race and Reefer -- the African American Vote in California's Marijuana Legalization Initiative
- Feature: Drug War a Devastating Failure, Scientists and Researchers Say in Vienna Declaration
- UNODC: The Russians Are Coming
- Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?
- Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Marijuana Legalization: Oregon, Washington Initiatives Fall Short
- Medical Marijuana: ACLU Sues Wal-Mart for Firing Patient
- Marijuana Legalization: California Pot Price Could Drop to $38 an Ounce, Rand Study Finds
- Synthetic Cannabinoids: K2/Spice Banned in Missouri
- Europe: Norwegian Committee Calls for Heroin Prescription Trials, Harm Reduction Measures
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Appeal: 2010 is Important in Drug Policy -- And So Are You
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Students: Intern at StoptheDrugWar.org (DRCNet) and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Editorial: Thoughts on a Drug Lord's Demise (or, Folly's Continuation)
- Feature: UN, Western Nations Complicit in Drug Offender Executions, Report Says
- Feature: Arizona Medical Marijuana Initiative Looking Good This November
- Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?
- Pain Management: Kansas Doctor, Wife Convicted in Controversial Prescribing Case
- Marijuana: California Decriminalization Bill Headed for Assembly Floor Vote
- Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- The Border: Obama Seeks $600 Million in Emergency Funds for Heightened Security
- Prosecution: Kentucky Supreme Court Rules Pregnant Women Cannot Be Criminalized for Drug Use
- Europe: Amsterdam to Experiment With New Kinds of Cannabis Cafes
- Latin America: Peru Ousts Colombia as World's Largest Coca Producer, UNODC Says
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Students: Intern at StoptheDrugWar.org (DRCNet) and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Appeal: 2010 is Important in Drug Policy -- And So Are You
- Feature: Colorado Looks At Legalizing Marijuana in 2012
- Feature: Medical Marijuana Advocates Smell Victory in South Dakota
- Immigration Law: Supreme Court Rules Immigrants Need Not Be Automatically Deported for Minor Drug Offenses
- Drug Raids: Las Vegas Narc on Marijuana Hunt Kills Father-to-Be in Home
- Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Law Enforcement: Atlanta Police House Cleaning Marks End of Kathryn Johnston Case
- Harm Reduction: Washington State 911 Good Samaritan Law to Prevent ODs Now in Effect
- Marijuana: Miami Beach Decriminalization Initiative Campaign Gets Underway
- Medical Marijuana: Guam Senator Introduces Bill
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Appeal: 2010 is Important in Drug Policy -- And So Are You
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?
- Students: Intern at StoptheDrugWar.org (DRCNet) and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Editorial: DEA's "Project Deliverance" Will Undoubtedly Fail to Deliver
- Feature: Medical Marijuana Madness in Montana
- Feature: Pennsylvania Lawmakers' Aim at Reducing Methadone Deaths, But Shoot Wide
- Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Law Enforcement: Dog-Killing SWAT Raid Continues to Reverberate in Missouri College Town
- Prisons: Marc Emery in Solitary Confinement for Podcast of Prison Phone Call
- Marijuana Legalization: With No Cash, Doubts Grow Over Whether Washington State Initiative Will Gather Enough Signatures
- Drugged Driving: Michigan Supreme Overturns Itself on Marijuana Metabolites Issue
- Africa: Rwanda Moves to Legalize Medical Marijuana
- Death Penalty: Iran Goes On Drug Offender Execution Binge
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Appeal: 2010 is Important in Drug Policy -- And So Are You
- Conference: New Directions: A Public Health and Safety Approach to Drug Policy, June 17, Capitol Hill, DC
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?
- Students: Intern at StoptheDrugWar.org (DRCNet) and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Feature: Schwarzenegger Trying to Gut California Methadone Funding in Budget Move
- Feature: Arizona Medical Marijuana Initiative Will Be on November Ballot
- Imprisonment: US Jail Population Declines for the First Time in Decades
- Conference: New Directions: A Public Health and Safety Approach to Drug Policy, June 17, Capitol Hill, DC
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Marijuana: Detroit Possession Legalization Initiative Approved
- Marijuana Legalization: California Tax and Regulate Has Eight-Point Lead in Latest Poll, But Still Under 50%
- Marijuana: Legalization Has Majority Support in Washington State, Poll Finds
- Sentencing: South Carolina Governor Signs Reform Bill, Will End Mandatory Minimums for Some Drug Offenses
- Opiate Maintenance: Prescribing Heroin to Hard-Core Addicts Keeps Them Off Street Smack, British Study Finds
- Marijuana: Study Finds Minimal Changes in Driving Performance After Smoking
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Appeal: 2010 is Important in Drug Policy -- And So Are You
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?
- Students: Intern at StoptheDrugWar.org (DRCNet) and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Feature: Reining in SWAT -- Towards Effective Oversight of Paramilitary Police Units
- Feature: Jamaica Rocked As Kingston Drug Gangs Fight Police and Army -- At Least 73 Dead
- Marijuana: Canada's "Prince of Plot" Pleads Guilty, Accepts Five-Year Prison Sentence
- The Border: Obama to Send 1,200 National Guard Troops in Bid to Fight Drugs
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update
- Sentencing: Penalties for Some Colorado Drug Possession Decrease Under New Law
- Public Opinion: Support for Legalizing and Taxing Marijuana at 49% in Colorado, Rasmussen Poll Finds
- Synthetic Cannabinoids: Georgia Becomes Latest State to Ban K2
- Europe: Scottish Attitudes toward Drugs, Drug Users Harsh and Getting Harsher, Annual Poll Finds
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Appeal: 2010 is Important in Drug Policy -- And So Are You
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?
- Students: Intern at StoptheDrugWar.org (DRCNet) and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Feature: A Thousand Face Execution for Drug Offenses Each Year, Report Finds
- Feature: California Marijuana Initiative Has Slim Lead
- Law Enforcement: More Raids Gone Bad, Making May a Bad Month for SWAT
- Congress: Drug Warrior Rep. Mark Souder Resigns over Affair
- Canada: Marc Emery Extradited to United States
- Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Medical Marijuana: Oregon Dispensary Initiative Backers Turn in Signatures
- Marijuana: Bill to Increase Possession Penalties Advances in Louisiana Senate
- Appeal: 2010 is Important in Drug Policy -- And So Are You
- Europe: Berlin Set to Increase Legal Marijuana Possession Limits
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?
- Students: Intern at StoptheDrugWar.org (DRCNet) and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Feature: Police Officer Deaths in US Drug War a Rare Occurrence, Despite Popular Belief
- Feature: The Global Marijuana Marches, Part II
- Prohibition: Drug War is a Failure, Associated Press Reports
- Appeal: 2010 is Important in Drug Policy -- And So Are You
- Law Enforcement: Missouri SWAT Team Gets Restrictions After Outrage Over Dog-Killing Pot Raid Video
- Canada: "Prince of Pot" Marc Emery Jailed, Ordered Extradited to US
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update
- Southeast Asia: Not Executing Drug Offenders Sends Wrong Signal, Singapore Says
- Afghanistan: Fungus Afflicts Poppy Crop, Farmers Blame US, NATO
- Latin America: Public Sees Drug Trafficking Widespread, On the Rise, Regional Polling Finds
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?
- Students: Intern at StoptheDrugWar.org (DRCNet) and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Feature: Obama's First National Drug Strategy -- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
- Feature: The Global Marijuana Marches, Part One
- Medical Marijuana: DC City Council Approves Bill, Advocates Criticize Restrictions
- Appeal: 2010 is Important in Drug Policy -- And So Are You
- Law Enforcement: Video of SWAT Team Killing Dogs in Front of Child During Pot Raid Stirs Outrage
- Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Marijuana: Detroit Possession Legalization Initiative Hands in Signatures
- Marijuana: Weed War Breaks Out Among Philly Politicos
- Drug Testing: Louisiana House Committee Passes Voluntary Drug Tests for Officials Bill
- Canada: Tories Reintroduce Mandatory Minimum Marijuana Bill
- Europe: European Court of Justice Hears Case That Could Ban Foreigners from Dutch Cannabis Cafes
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy