Chronicle Archive
Comprehensive coverage of the War on Drugs since 1997
- Feature: Reed College in the Crosshairs of Prosecutorial Drug Crackdown
- Feature: First Drug User Union Forms in San Francisco
- Appeal: 2010 is Important in Drug Policy -- And So Are You
- Medical Marijuana: NJ Patient John Wilson Freed on Appeal Bond, Lawmakers Call for Pardon
- Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update
- Prohibition: More Drug Law Enforcement Means More Violence, Meta-Study Finds
- Pain Medicine: Kansas Doctor and Wife Go on Trial in "Pill Mill" Case
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Medical Marijuana: Study Bill Moves Forward in Tennessee
- Paraphernalia: Florida Legislature Passes Bill Banning Bong Sales
- England: Royal College of Nursing Leader Calls for Prescription Heroin by the NHS
- Weekly: This Week in History
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- Feature: Mixed Reactions to DC City Council's Medical Marijuana Regulations
- Feature: 4/20 Events Bring Out Tens of Thousands Nationwide
- Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update
- Offer and Appeal: Order "10 Rules for Dealing with Police" -- Free With a Donation to StoptheDrugWar.org
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Congress: House Border Caucus Wants Half a Billion Dollars to Fight Mexican Narcos
- Public Opinion: Battle of the Marijuana Polls
- Public Opinion: California Support for Pot Legalization At 56% in New Poll
- Canada: Poll Finds Majority Still Want to Legalize Marijuana, But Not Other Drugs
- Medical Marijuana: Wisconsin Bill Dies as Session Ends
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- Feature: Drug Czar Gets Grilled on "New Directions in Drug Policy" By Skeptical Solons, Activists, and Academics
- Drug War Chronicle Book Review: "Opium: Uncovering the Politics of the Poppy," by Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy (2010, Harvard University Press, 256 pp., $28.95 HB)
- Offer and Appeal: Order "10 Rules for Dealing with Police" -- Free With a Donation to StoptheDrugWar.org
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Medical Marijuana: Arizona Initiative Appears Headed for November Ballot
- Prohibition: Contaminated Drug Supply Threatening Cocaine Users in North America, Heroin Users in Europe
- Harm Reduction: Colorado Bill Would Legalize Needle Exchanges
- Marijuana Decriminalization: New Hampshire Bill Defeated in Senate Committee
- Latin America: Mexico's Cartels Declare War on the Zetas
- Latin America: Coca Colla Goes On Sale in Bolivia
- Bermuda: Ruling Party Members Call for Debate on Marijuana Decriminalization
- Drug War Chronicle Video Review: "10 Rules for Dealing With Police," from Flex Your Rights
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- Job Opportunities: CannBe Has Five!
- Feature: The Clock is Ticking on Canadian "Prince of Pot" Marc Emery's Extradition
- Feature: Philadelphia to Not Quite Decriminalize Marijuana
- Offer and Appeal: Order "10 Rules for Dealing with Police" -- Free With a Donation to StoptheDrugWar.org
- Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update
- Medical Marijuana: Maine Legislature Approves Dispensaries
- Medical Marijuana: Maryland Bill Passes Senate Committee, But Is Bottled Up in House
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Marijuana: Another Colorado Town Votes to Legalize It
- Medical Marijuana: Alabama Bill Wins House Committee Vote, But Unlikely to Pass This Year
- Europe: More British Drug Policy Experts Resign in Protest from Government Advisory Board
- India: Maoist Rebels Find Funding Source in Poppies, Pot Plants
- Drug War Chronicle Video Review: "10 Rules for Dealing With Police," from Flex Your Rights
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- Feature: Scale-Back of College Aid Drug Penalty Becomes Accidental Casualty in Health Care Battle
- Feature: Washington Marijuana Legalization Initiative Aims for November Ballot
- Offer and Appeal: Order "10 Rules for Dealing with Police" -- Free With a Donation to StoptheDrugWar.org
- Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Public Opinion: Poll Finds Support for Marijuana Legalization Still Rising, Medical Marijuana Overwhelming
- Legalization: Drug Czar Avoids Answering Question on Fed Response to California Initiative
- Asset Forfeiture: Justice Department Collaborating With State, Local Cops in "Policing for Profit," Report Says
- Salvia Divinorum: Ban Bill Moving in Minnesota, Age Restriction Bill Moving in Maryland
- Drug War Chronicle Video Review: "10 Rules for Dealing With Police," from Flex Your Rights
- Southwest Asia: Afghanistan #1 in Marijuana Production Now, Not Just Opium
- Europe: Britain to Ban Mephedrone in Two Weeks, Imports Already Blocked
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- Job Opportunity: Harm Reduction Specialist, Community Access, Inc., New York, NY
- Feature: California Will Vote on Marijuana Legalization This Year!
- Feature: Two Oregon Marijuana Initiatives -- Legalization and Medical -- Aim for November Ballot
- Commentary: What Not to Do if You Grow Marijuana and Police Visit You
- Offer and Appeal: Order "10 Rules for Dealing with Police" -- Free With a Donation to StoptheDrugWar.org
- Drug War Chronicle Video Review: "10 Rules for Dealing With Police," from Flex Your Rights
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update
- Medical Marijuana: New Jersey MS Patient Gets Five Years for Growing His Medicine
- Law Enforcement: New York City to Pay Out $33 Million for Unlawful Strip Searches
- Feds: National Drug Intelligence Center Predicts Continued Failure in Drug War
- Europe: Dutch Coffee Shop Owner Fined $10 Million Euros for Having Too Big a Stash
- Canada: Half Support Marijuana Decriminalization, Poll Finds
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- Drug War Chronicle Video Review: "10 Rules for Dealing With Police," from Flex Your Rights
- Feature: SSDP Does San Francisco -- The 11th Annual National Conference
- Offer and Appeal: Order "10 Rules for Dealing with Police" -- Free With a Donation to StoptheDrugWar.org
- Congress: Senate Passes Bill to Reduce, But Not Eliminate, Crack/Powder Sentencing Disparity
- Incarceration Nation: Number of People in State Prisons Declines for First Time Since Nixon, New Report Finds
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update
- Law Enforcement: Drug Cops Kill Two in Drug Raids in Florida and Tennessee
- Marijuana: Rhode Island Legislative Commission Endorses Decriminalization
- Prohibition: Illinois Bill to Ban Marijuana Blunt Wraps Passes State Senate
- Medical Marijuana: South Dakota Initiative Certified, Will Be on the November Ballot
- Europe: Hash Crackdown in Copenhagen's Christiania Didn't Work
- Europe: England to Ban Methedrone? Nutt Says Not So Fast
- Did You Know? Felon Voting Pro and Con Info, from ProCon.org
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- Feature: Senate Judiciary Committee Unanimously Passes Bill to Reduce Crack/Powder Cocaine Sentencing Disparity
- Feature: Ibogaine Forum 2010 -- Mourning the Movement's "Tare," Celebrating New Hopes for Research and Development
- Drug War Chronicle Book Review: "In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction," by Dr. Gabor Maté (2010, North Atlantic Books, 468 pp., $17.95 PB)
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update
- Harm Reduction: Washington State "911 Good Samaritan Law" to Go Into Effect in June
- Prisoner Reentry: New Mexico Becomes Second State to Ban Criminal History Queries in Public Job Applications
- Prohibition: Kansas Becomes First State to Ban K2
- Marijuana: Hawaii Senate Passes Three Different Reform Measures
- Marijuana: New Hampshire House Passes Decriminalization Bill, But Without Veto-Proof Majority
- Did You Know? Pharmaceutical Drugs Based on Cannabis, on ProCon.org
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- Job Opportunities: Drug Policy Alliance, New York and New Mexico Offices
- Feature: Mexico Conference Calls for New Direction in Drug Policy, Says Prohibition Has Failed
- Feature: UN Anti-Drug Agency Complains Latin American Decriminalization Trend Undermines Prohibition Regime
- Medical Marijuana: Bryan Epis Returned to Federal Prison, Must Serve Out 10-Year Sentence for Growing Pot for the Sick
- Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Marijuana: Legalization Bill Reintroduced in California Assembly
- Legalization: So Say They Now -- US and Mexican Officials Say No to Debating It
- Medical Marijuana: Measure Passes New York Senate Health Committee, Assembly Health Committee
- Medical Marijuana: US Congressman Protests Colorado DEA Raids in Letter to Holder, Obama
- Europe: Heroin Maintenance Comes to Denmark
- Europe: Belgian Trekt Uw Plant (Grow Your Plant) Activists Win Collective Garden Case
- Did You Know: The D.A.R.E Program -- Is It Good for America's Kids? -- New Section on ProCon.org
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- Feature: Federal Medical Marijuana Raids in Colorado -- Is the Denver DEA Going Rogue?
- Feature: Chronicle of an Offensive Foretold -- The Occupation of Marja, Afghanistan
- Latin America: Mexico's Drug War Stirs Opposition in the Streets and from the Bishops
- Medical Marijuana: DEA Raids LA Dispensary, LA City Attorney Moves Against 21 More
- Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Medical Marijuana: Iowa Pharmacy Board Recommends State Legalize It for Therapeutic Use
- Decriminalization: New Hampshire Bill Wins Committee Vote, Heads for House Floor
- Tainted Supply: Cocaine Laced With Levamisole Keeps Turning Up
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Did You Know? Laws, Fees and Possession Limits in the 14 Medical Marijuana States, on ProCon.org
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
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