Chronicle Archive
Comprehensive coverage of the War on Drugs since 1997
- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- Feature: Censorship in South Dakota -- Marijuana Activist Silenced By Judge as Condition of Probation
- Feature: Censorship in California -- MPP Marijuana Ad Campaign Hits Bumps as Stations Reject It
- Drug War Chronicle Film Review: "The War on Kids" (2009, Spectacle Films, 99 min., $19.95)
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Law Enforcement: California Budget Crisis Could Gut State Narcs, Drug Task Forces
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- Afghanistan: Coalition Death Toll Mounts as Fight for Opium Center Helmand Province Ratchets Up
- Latin American: Mexican Army Accused (Again) of Torture in Drug War
- Europe: Londoners Fined For Marijuana Possession Are Tearing Up Their Tickets
- Europe: Copenhagen Ponders Cannabis Decriminalization, Coffee Shops
- Europe: Dutch Cannabis Commission Recommends Making Coffee Shops "Members Only," Legalizing Cultivation for Supply
- Weekly: This Week in History
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- Alert: Medical Marijuana Defendant Bryan Epis Wants YOU to Take Political Action
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- Job Opportunity I: Executive Director, Interfaith Drug Policy Initiative, Washington, DC
- Job Opportunity II: Internships, Marijuana Policy Project, Washington, DC
- Feature: US Gives Up on Eradicating Afghan Opium Poppies, Will Target Traffickers Instead
- Feature: Marijuana Legalization Legislation in the Works in Portugal
- Drug War Chronicle Book Review: "Seeds of Terror: How Heroin is Bankrolling the Taliban and Al Qaeda," by Gretchen Peters (2009, Thomas Dunne Press, 300 pp., $25.95 HB)
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- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- The Border: Obama Administration Could Deploy Up to 1,500 National Guard Troops in Bid to Increase Anti-Drug Efforts
- Latin America: Obama Administration Declines to Restore Bolivian Trade Preferences, Cites Government's Acceptance of Coca Production
- Marijuana: Rhode Island Senate Okays Commission to Explore Marijuana Prohibition, Legalization, and Decriminalization
- Industrial Hemp: Bill Passes Oregon Legislature, Heads for Governor's Desk
- Medical Marijuana: Users, Growers Can Sue Over Police Raids, California Appeals Court Rules
- Medical Marijuana: Oakland Dispensary Tax in Hands of Voters
- Alert: Medical Marijuana Defendant Bryan Epis Wants YOU to Take Political Action
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Please: Don't Shoot!
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- Feature: American Nightmare -- Will Foster and Justice, Oklahoma Style
- Feature: UN Drug Czar Attacks Legalizers -- Legalizers Say "It's About Time"
- Feature: Ending the Death Penalty for Drug Offenses -- Now Is the Time, Say Human Rights, Harm Reduction Groups
- Drug Raids: Maryland Sheriff Clears Department in SWAT Assault on Mayor's Home -- Mayor Sues Sheriff, Seeks Restrictions on SWAT
- Sentencing: Attorney General Calls for Elimination of Crack-Powder Cocaine Disparity
- Search and Seizure: Strip Search of Junior High Girl for Drugs Unconstitutional, Supreme Court Rules
- Marijuana: Barney Frank Introduces Federal Decriminalization Bill
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Medical Marijuana: Revised New Hampshire Bill Passes Legislature, Awaits Governor's Approval
- Latin America: Coca Cultivation, Cocaine Production Down Last Year, UNODC Says
- East Asia: Korean Actress Stirs Debate, Outrage By Calling for Marijuana Legalization
- Alert: Medical Marijuana Defendant Bryan Epis Wants YOU to Take Political Action
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Please: Don't Shoot!
- Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?
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