Chronicle Archive
Comprehensive coverage of the War on Drugs since 1997
- Feature: It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's... Methadone Man? Harm Reduction at the Vancouver Olympics
- Feature: El Paso City Council Passes Resolution Criticizing Drug War, But Only After Killing Marijuana Regulation Language
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update
- Harm Reduction: Washington Senate Passes Good Samaritan Bill, Would Protect Against Prosecution in Overdose Cases
- Drug Testing: Missouri Bill to Test Welfare Recipients Passes House, But Faces Battle in Senate
- Hemp: Idaho Resolution Supporting Industrial Production Fails in Legislature
- Canada: Federal Government to Appeal Ruling Okaying Safe Injection Site
- Europe: Anthrax Heroin Toll Rises as England Marks First Death
- Afghanistan: Opium Cultivation "Stable" This Year, UN Says
- Did You Know? Teen Marijuana Use Rates in Medical Marijuana States vs. Other States, on ProCon.org
- Weekly: This Week in History
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- Feature: Obama Seeks Increase in Drug War Spending in a Drug Budget on Autopilot
- Feature: CIA Misled Congress, Dragged Feet on Disciplining Employees in Killings of US Citizens in Peru Drug War Plane Shootdown
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update
- Marijuana: It's Pot Week in Providence as Rhode Island Solons Introduce Decrim Bill, Ponder Prohibition
- Medical Marijuana: Colorado Senate Passes Bill to Restrict Physicians' Recommending
- Methamphetamine: Cold Sufferers Caught in the Crosshairs
- Drug Testing: Missouri Senate Committee Passes Bill to Drug Test Welfare Recipients
- Law Enforcement: Massachusetts Family Sues, Claims Man Beaten to Death by Police after Caught Smoking Joint at Sobriety Checkpoint
- Europe: Anthrax-Tainted Heroin Death Toll Up to Ten
- Did You Know? FDA Stats on Deaths Related to Marijuana vs. Other Drugs, on ProCon.org
- Weekly: This Week in History
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- Job Opportunity: Harm Reduction Counselor/Outreach Worker/Driver, FROST'D at Harlem United, New York, NY
- Job Opportunity: Regional Coordinator, Asian Network of People who Use Drugs (ANPUD), Bangkok, Thailand
- Feature: Obama Nominates Drug Warrior Michele Leonhart to Head DEA -- Reformers Gird for Battle
- Feature: Hundreds of Los Angeles Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Face Closure Under New Rules Passed by Council
- Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update
- Latin America: Mexico Proposes Banning Narcocorridos (Drug Ballads)
- Legalization: California Tax and Regulate Marijuana Initiative Hands in Signatures
- Law Enforcement: Maryland Bill Would Ban SWAT Teams for Misdemeanors
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Prohibition: Ban on Spice, BZP Passes Kansas Senate
- Southeast Asia: Human Rights Watch Charges Torture, Rape, Illegal Detentions at Cambodian Drug "Rehab" Centers, Demands Shutdown
- South Pacific: Leading Tahiti Political Figure Says Legalize Weed and Sell It to Tourists
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- Feature: Anthrax-Tainted Heroin Takes Toll in Europe, Prompts Calls for Emergency Public Health Response
- Feature: South Dakota Medical Marijuana Campaigners Set to Hand in Signatures for November Initiative
- Congress: Bill to Do Top-to-Bottom Review of Criminal Justice System, Drug War Passes Senate Judiciary Committee
- Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update
- Marijuana/Medical Marijuana: More States, More Bills, More Hearings
- Public Opinion: ABC News/Washington Post Poll Shows Four Out of Five Support Medical Marijuana, Nearly Half Support Legalization
- Marijuana: No More Possession Prosecutions in Seattle, New City Attorney Says
- Medical Marijuana: Corzine Signs Bill, Making New Jersey the 14th State
- Marijuana: Washington State Decriminalization and Legalization Bills Killed in Committee
- Europe: Copenhagen City Council Wants Cannabis Stores, But Proposal Faces Bumpy Ride in Parliament
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- Feature: New Jersey Legislature Passes Medical Marijuana Bill, State to Become 14th to Okay Medical Marijuana (Plus DC)
- Feature: In US First, California Assembly Committee Approves Marijuana Legalization Bill
- Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Marijuana: Washington State House Committee Holds Hearing on Decrim, Legalization Bills -- Public Support Strong, Initiative Coming
- Medical Marijuana: Oregon Group on Track to Put Dispensary Measure on Ballot
- Marijuana: San Francisco Supervisor Wants to Make "License, Regulate, and Tax" Official City Policy
- Medical Marijuana: New York Bill Passes Assembly Health Committee
- Drug Testing: Bills to Drug Test for Public Assistance Recipients Pop Up Again
- Europe: Russia Bans Salvia, Hawaiian Woodrose, Blue Lotus Flowers, Synthetic Cannabinoids
- Feature: New York Post's Attack on "Heroin How-to" Harm Reduction Pamphlet Fails to Get It Dropped
- Drug War Chronicle Book Review: "Dorm Room Dealers: Drugs and the Privileges of Race and Class," by A. Rafik Mohamed and Erik D. Fritsvold (2010, Lynne Reinner Publishers, 197 pp., $49.95 HB)
- Sentencing: New Jersey Legislature Rolls Back Mandatory Minimums, Governor Will Sign Bill Into Law
- Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Marijuana: Initiative to Legalize Marijuana in Nevada Filed, Vote Will Come in 2012
- Medical Marijuana: Colorado Judge Rules Users Have Right to Buy It
- Sentencing: California Appeals Court Upholds Ban on Probationer's Medical Marijuana Use
- Canada: Mandatory Minimum Bill for Marijuana Growing Dies Sudden Death When Prime Minister Shuts Down Parliament
- Europe: Dutch Delay Plan to Make Border Cannabis Cafes Members Only
- Weekly: This Week in History
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- The Year on Drugs 2009: The Top Ten US Domestic Drug Policy Stories
- The Year on Drugs 2009: International Drug Policy Developments
- Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Medical Marijuana: Rhode Island Releases Draft of Proposed Dispensary Rules
- Hemp: North Dakota Farmers Lose Appeal in 8th US Circuit
- Heroin Maintenance: SALOME Trials Set to Begin in Vancouver
- Latin America: Bolivia's Morales Says He Will Legalize Small Coca Holdings
- Afghanistan: US Anti-Drug Strategy Lacking, State Department Report Finds
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- The Year on Drugs 2009: International Drug Policy Developments
- Medical Marijuana: Congress Finally Lets District of Columbia Go for It
- Appeal: Did You Know That We Are WINNING?
- West Coast Weed Wars: Legalizing Legislators Come Out Swinging
- Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Medical Marijuana: New Jersey Patient Acquitted of Most Serious Charge, Convicted of Others
- Medical Marijuana: Wisconsin Bill Gets Public Hearing
- Search and Seizure: Ohio Supreme Court Rules Police Need Warrant to Search Cell Phones
- Europe: Czech Government Announces Decriminalization Quantities -- Law Goes Into Effect New Year's Day
- The Caribbean: Jamaica Lawmakers Calls for Ganja Decriminalization
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- Feature: With Passage of Medical Marijuana Bill Pending, New Jersey Patient Faces 20 Years for Growing His Medicine
- At the Statehouse: Sentencing, Drug Testing, Good Samaritan, Hemp, and SWAT Bills
- Congress: Budget Deal Includes Series of Drug Reform Victories
- Appeal: Did You Know That We Are WINNING?
- Alert: Tell Congress to Repeal Unjust Crack Cocaine Sentences
- Medical Marijuana: Los Angeles City Council Approves Measure to Cap Dispensaries at 70
- Public Opinion: Majority Support for Marijuana Legalization Nationwide, Poll Finds
- Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Prosecution: No More Crack Pipe Felonies for Houston
- Latin America: Top Honduran Anti-Drug Official Assassinated
- Europe: Czech Government Decriminalizes Up To Five Marijuana Plants, 15 Grams
- Europe: Mayor of Amsterdam Says Cities Need Different Coffee Shop Policy From Border Towns
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- Feature: Medical Marijuana Gets Historic First Legislative Hearing in Pennsylvania
- Feature: At the Statehouse -- Salvia Banned in Four More States This Year
- Alert: Tell Congress to Repeal Unjust Crack Cocaine Sentences
- Medical Marijuana: In Slap to DA, Jury Acquits San Diego Medical Marijuana Dispensary Operator
- Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update
- Marijuana: California Tax and Regulate Cannabis 2010 Initiative Suspends Signature Gathering -- Because They Have Enough
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Law Enforcement: Man Trying to Snuff Joint at Checkpoint Ends Up Dead -- Attorney Accuses Police
- Law Enforcement: Federal Judge Slams NYPD for Widespread Lying in Drug Cases
- Law Enforcement: Utah "Meth Cops" Lose Out on Health Claims
- Middle East: Hamas Adopts Tough New Drug Laws, Includes Death Penalty for Dealers
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