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- Feature: What About the Clinton and Bush Era Medical Marijuana Prisoners and Defendants?
- Feature: Federal Needle Exchange Funding Ban Battle Continues
- Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update
- Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Sentencing: New York's Rockefeller Drug Law Reforms Now in Effect
- Marijuana: Massachusetts Legalization Bill Set for Hearing Next Week
- Law Enforcement: Veteran Activist Dana Beal Busted in Nebraska -- Supporters Rallying to Help
- Asset Forfeiture: Texas DA Seeks to Use Seized Funds to Defend Herself in Lawsuit Over Unlawful Seizure of Same Funds
- Southwest Asia: Russia Says US, NATO Anti-Drug Efforts in Afghanistan "Inadequate," Urges Aerial Eradication of Poppy Crops
- Pacific Islands: Head of Fiji NGO Calls for Debate on Marijuana Legalization
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Announcement: The 2009 International Drug Policy Reform Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 12-14
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Students: Intern at StoptheDrugWar.org (DRCNet) and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Feature: Marc Emery Jailed in Canada Pending Extradition to US
- Feature: NORML Annual Conference Meets in Atmosphere of Hope, Determination, and Exhilaration
- Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update
- Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Marijuana: Boston Freedom Rally Draws 30,000 -- No Arrests, Some Tickets, in Wake of State Decrim Vote
- Marijuana: Daily 4:20 Protests Spark Saturday Arrest in Keene, New Hampshire
- Law Enforcement: PATRIOT Act "Sneak and Peek" Searches Targeted Drug Offenders, Not Terrorists
- Harm Reduction: Drug-Related Deaths Rose Dramatically in Recent Years, CDC Says
- Public Health: Feds Finally Issue Warning on Tainted Cocaine
- Law Enforcement: Drug Court Program Needs Serious Reforms, Defense Attorneys Say
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Announcement: The 2009 International Drug Policy Reform Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 12-14
- Feature: What's the Matter With San Diego? Another Round of Medical Marijuana Raids and Arrests Hit "America's Finest City"
- Feature: Marijuana Arrests, All Drug Arrests Declined Slightly in 2008, FBI Reports
- Higher Education: House Passes Student Loan Bill With Further Limitations on Drug Warrior "Aid Elimination Penalty"
- Book Offer/Membership Appeal: "Marijuana is Safer -- So Why Are We Driving People to Drink?"
- Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Foreign Policy: In Annual Certification Report, State Department Says Bolivia, Burma, Venezuela Not Cooperating in Anti-Drug Fight
- Harm Reduction: Pennsylvania Allows Syringe Sales Without Prescription, Effective Immediately
- Law Enforcement: Facing Budget Woes, Minneapolis Axes Dope Squad
- Southeast Asia: New Indonesian Drug Law Draws Human Rights Criticisms
- Europe: Dutch Border Town Cannabis Coffee Shop Owners Lose Court Battle Against Ban
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?
- Announcement: The 2009 International Drug Policy Reform Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 12-14
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Students: Intern at StoptheDrugWar.org (DRCNet) and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Feature: Will Foster Back in Prison in Oklahoma, Supporters Mount Campaign to Free Him
- Feature: Tainted Cocaine Sickening, Killing People, But Feds Slow to Act
- New Book Offer: "Marijuana is Safer -- So Why Are We Driving People to Drink?"
- Medical Marijuana: More Than a Dozen Dispensaries Hit, 31 Arrested in Coordinated San Diego Police Raids
- Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Marijuana: Arizona Supreme Court Rejects Religious Freedom Claim
- Law Enforcement: Georgia Narcs Gun Down Young Pastor
- Law Enforcement: Minneapolis Pays For Drug Raid Cop's Attack on Bystander
- Latin America: Colombian Supreme Court Rules Drug Possession Not a Crime
- Europe: Dutch Government Wants "Members Only" Cannabis Coffee Shops
- Announcement: The 2009 International Drug Policy Reform Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 12-14
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Students: Intern at StoptheDrugWar.org (DRCNet) and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?
- Job Opportunity: Director of Development, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, Medford, Massachusetts
- Feature: Mexico and Argentina Enact Drug Decriminalization
- Feature: Prince of Pot Marc Emery on Farewell Tour As US Prison Term Looms
- Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Medical Marijuana: First California DEA Arrests Under Obama Took Place Last Week
- Medical Marijuana: Will Foster Extradited to Oklahoma
- Marijuana: Denver to Move to $1 Fine for Pot Possession?
- Canada: In Marijuana Grow Case, Alberta's Top Court Rules Police Use of Power Recording Device Violates Privacy Rights
- Europe: Dutch Government to Fund Membership Card Scheme for Maastricht Coffee Shops
- Europe: Britain to Ban Spice, GBL, BZP
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Announcement: The 2009 International Drug Policy Reform Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 12-14
- Book Offer: This is Your Country on Drugs
- Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?
- Students: Intern at StoptheDrugWar.org (DRCNet) and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Feature: Heroin More Effective Than Methadone for Some Addicts, NAOMI Study Reports
- Drug War Chronicle Book Review: "Marijuana is Safer -- So Why Are Driving People to Drink?" by Paul Armentano, Steve Fox, and Mason Tvert (2009, Chelsea Green Publishers, 209 pp., $14.95 PB)
- Feature: Seattle Hempfest Bigger Than Ever in 2009, But Gaining Critics
- Announcement: The 2009 International Drug Policy Reform Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 12-14
- Book Offer: This is Your Country on Drugs
- Latin America: Mexican Decriminalization Bill Now Law of the Land
- Latin America: Mexican Drug War Update
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Federal Budget: Safe and Drug-Free Schools Funds Still Targeted for Zeroing Out
- Medical Marijuana: Iowa Public Hearings Get Underway
- East Asia: Japanese Marijuana Arrests at Record Levels
- Southeast Asia: Malaysia Court Sentences Woman to Death for Two Pounds of Marijuana
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?
- Students: Intern at StoptheDrugWar.org (DRCNet) and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Feature: Hit List -- US Targets 50 Taliban-Linked Drug Traffickers to Capture or Kill
- Drug War Chronicle Book Review Essay: "Righteous Dopefiend" and "This is for the Mara Salvatrucha: Inside the MS-13, America's Most Violent Gang"
- Book Offer: This is Your Country on Drugs
- Announcement: The 2009 International Drug Policy Reform Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 12-14
- Latin America: Mexican Drug War Week in Review
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Marijuana: Hawaii Insurer Denies Woman Transplant Because of Pot Use
- Hemp: Oregon Governor Signs Farming Bill Into Law
- Hemp: Industry Group Seeks "Beer Summit" on Capitol Hill Following Seizure of Legal Demonstration Fibers
- Salvia Divinorum: North Carolina Latest State to Ban or Regulate Sally D
- Marijuana: California Gubernatorial Candidates Not High on Legalization
- Middle East: Dubai Court Sentences Woman to Life for Selling a Joint
- 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: Crack/Powder Cocaine Sentencing Disparity Bill Passes Key House Subcommittee, Heads for Floor Vote
- Feature: Two Marijuana Legalization Initiatives Have Been Filed in California for Next Year's Ballot
- Book Offer: This is Your Country on Drugs
- Latin America: Mexican Drug War Week in Review
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Racial Profiling: Illinois Annual Traffic Stop Report Reprises Same Old Story
- Drug Treatment: California's Prop. 36 Funding Takes Massive Hit
- Medical Marijuana: Maine Activist Headed for Prison
- Marijuana: Decrim a Done Deal in Cook County
- Marijuana: Colorado Ski Town to Vote on Legalizing Marijuana Possession
- Latin America: Five Killed, Six Wounded, Six Missing in Attack on Colombian Soldiers, Coca Eradicators
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Students: Intern at StoptheDrugWar.org (DRCNet) and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Feature: Winds of Change Are Blowing in Washington -- Drug Reforms Finally Move in Congress
- Feature: Colorado Medical Marijuana Supporters Defeat Effort to Restrict Caregivers, Dispensaries
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Sentencing: House Subcommittee Approves Reducing Federal Crack Cocaine Penalties
- Financial Aid: House Committee Lightens Up on Students with Drug Possession Convictions
- ONDCP: Drug Czar Again Reveals Shocking Gap in Vocabulary, Knowledge Base
- Afghanistan: US War Planes Bomb the Hell Out of a Bunch of Poppy Seeds
- Medical Marijuana: Oakland Voters Approve Medical Marijuana Dispensary Tax
- Law Enforcement: New York Man Wins Settlement in Forced Body Cavity Search Suit
- Marijuana: Cook County Board Passes Decriminalization Ordinance, But Veto Possibility Looms
- Europe: British Prisons Install Methadone Vending Machines
- Remembrance: Walter Cronkite on the Drug War
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Students: Intern at StoptheDrugWar.org (DRCNet) and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Job Opportunity, Executive Director, Interfaith Drug Policy Initiative, Washington
- Feature: California Tax Authority Says Legal Marijuana Could Generate $1.4 Billion in Tax Revenue a Year
- Feature: Colorado Hearing Monday on Plan to Limit Dispensaries Expected to Draw Loud Opposition
- Drug War Chronicle Book Review: "This Is Your Country on Drugs: The Secret History of Getting High in America," by Ryan Grim (2009, John Wiley & Sons, 264 pp., $24.95 HB)
- Law Enforcement: At Least Four Killed by Police Doing Drug Enforcement Actions So Far This Month
- Medical Marijuana: US House Overturns Barr Amendment, Removes Obstacle to Implementing 1998 DC Vote
- Harm Reduction: House Subcommittee Approves Legislation Eliminating the Needle Exchange Funding Ban
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Latin America: Human Rights Watch Calls on Obama Administration to Block Some Anti-Drug Aid Over Human Rights Abuses
- Latin America: Washington, Bogota on Verge of Deal to Make Colombian Military Air Base Regional Hub for Counter-Narcotics, More
- Afghanistan: The DEA Is on the Way
- Medical Marijuana: Hawaii Legislature Overrides Veto of Bill to Study Program Problems
- Marijuana Legalization: CBS News Poll Has Support at 41% Nationwide
- India: Moonshine Deaths Stir Alcohol Prohibition Debate in Gujarat
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Students: Intern at StoptheDrugWar.org (DRCNet) and Help Stop the Drug War!