Chronicle Archive
Comprehensive coverage of the War on Drugs since 1997
- Feature: Looking Forward -- The Prospects for Drug Reform in Obama's Washington
- Feature: Looking Forward -- Who Should Be the Next Drug Czar?
- Appeal: Tax-Deductible Donations Needed for StoptheDrugWar.org's Educational Work
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Evidence: Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Drug Crime Lab Case
- Salvia Divinorum: Ban Bill Filed in Texas Legislature, Another Would Bar Sales to Youth
- Paraphernalia: No More Felony Charges For Dirty Pipes or Syringes in Cleveland
- Hemp: North Dakota Farmers Head to Federal Appeals Court
- Southeast Asia: Thai Government in New Drug Crackdown
- Europe: Czech Lower House Approves Lower Marijuana Penalties
- Europe: Swiss to Vote on Marijuana Decriminalization, Heroin Prescription
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Job Opportunities: Marijuana Policy Project, Arizona and Washington, DC
- Feature: Big Day for Pot -- Decriminalization Wins in Massachusetts, Medical Marijuana in Michigan, All Local Initiatives Win, Too!
- Feature: Sentencing Reform Initiative Defeated in California, "Tough on Crime" Initiatives Win in Oregon
- Appeal: New Times Bring New Opportunities for Drug Policy Reform
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- ONDCP: Who Will the Next Drug Czar Be? Not William Bratton
- Medical Marijuana: New Washington State Quantity Limits Now in Effect
- Conference: Students for Sensible Drug Policy, College Park, Maryland (DC), November 21-23
- Latin America: Plan Colombia Didn't Work, GAO Report Says
- Latin America: Mexican Interior Minister, Top Anti-Drug Fighter Killed in Mysterious Plane Crash
- Southeast Asia: Philippines Supreme Court Upholds Drug Testing for Students, Workers, But Not Political Candidates or Criminal Defendants
- Latin America: Bolivia Suspends Operations By DEA
- Europe: Denmark's Christiania Residents Sue for Control Over Their Enclave
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Students: Intern at DRCNet and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Volunteers Needed: Phone Campaign in DC, Writers from Anywhere
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- Feature: Drug Policy Reform and Sentencing Initiatives on the November Ballot
- Drug War Chronicle Video Review: "Prince of Pot: The US v. Marc Emery," Directed by Nick Wilson (2008, Journeyman Pictures)
- Feature: Signature Gathering for 2010 Oregon Cannabis Tax Act Initiative Suspended, Poor Poll Results Cited
- Volunteers Needed: Phone Campaign in DC, Writers from Anywhere
- Students: Intern at DRCNet and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Medical Marijuana: Montana Supreme Court Okays Use By Probationers, Parolees
- Offer: Unique and Important New Book on Medical Marijuana
- Europe: In Bid to Fend Off "Drug Tourists," Some Dutch Border Towns to Close Coffee Shops
- Southwest Asia: US, UN Squabble Over Afghanistan Opium Production Drop, But Taliban Stash Suggests No Shortages Any Time Soon
- Latin America: Mexico City to Decriminalize Marijuana Possession?
- Latin America: US Drug Czar Supports Mexico Drug Decriminalization
- Latin America: Citing Continuing Human Rights Violations, Amnesty International Urges US to Halt Military Aid to Colombia
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
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- Feature: Beyond 2008 -- Looking Past the November US Elections
- Feature: NORML Does Berkeley
- Volunteers Needed: Phone Campaign in DC, Writers from Anywhere
- Your Feedback: What Readers Have to Say About Drug War Chronicle
- Offer: Unique and Important New Book on Medical Marijuana
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Initiatives: Drug Czar, Prison Guards Gang Up on California's Treatment-Not-Jail Proposition 5
- Prevention: Drug Czar's Billion Dollar Anti-Drug Media Campaign a Waste of Money, Study Finds
- Marijuana: Florida State Students Approve Marijuana-Alcohol Penalty Equalization Initiative
- South Pacific: DEA Mass Body Search of Plane Passengers Spurs Angry Reaction in Marianas
- Addiction Treatment: Canadian NAOMI Study Finds Heroin Maintenance Safe, Cheap, Effective
- Europe: Dutch Marijuana Export Industry Generates $2.7 Billion a Year, Prohibition-Related Violence
- Death Penalty: Iran Bars Executions of Minors for Drug Offenses, Continues to Execute Adults
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Web Scan
- Job Opportunities: Marijuana Policy Project, Arizona and Nevada
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
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- Feature: NATO, US Deepen Anti-Drug Operations in Afghanistan in Bid to Throttle Taliban
- Feature: Michigan Medical Marijuana Initiative Faces Organized Opposition
- Offer: Unique and Important New Book on Medical Marijuana
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Medical Marijuana: Four More Massachusetts Local Questions on the Ballot
- Drug Testing: Coal Miner Unions, Owners Balk at Proposed Federal Rules, But for Different Reasons
- Search and Seizure: Long Island Woman's Strip Search Suit Can Move Forward
- Latin America: Honduran President Joins Drug Legalization Chorus
- Latin America: UNODC Head Again Blames Drugs -- Not Drug Prohibition -- for Crime and Violence
- Europe: British Home Secretary Announces New Marijuana Possession Penalties
- Pain Treatment: Millions Suffer Unnecessarily From Lack Of Medications, Human Rights Watch Says, Drug Control Part of the Problem
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- Job Opportunities: Community Organizer, Director of VIP Relations, Marijuana Policy Project
- Job Opportunity: National Coordinator, Fair Sentencing of Children, Washington, DC
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- Feature: Drug Policy and the Reform Vote in the Presidential Race
- Feature: War on Marijuana Failing Despite Drug Czar's Happy Talk, New Reports Find
- Offer: Unique and Important New Book on Medical Marijuana
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Salvia Divinorum: Massachusetts Ban Passes House
- Medical Marijuana: Washington State Sets Supply Limits
- Prohibition: Cincinnati Blames Drug Shortages For Rising Violence
- Latin America: Bolivia Blocks US Anti-Drug Flights, Says It Doesn't Need or Want US Help With Coca Crop
- Latin America: Peruvian Coca Growers Push Into Indian Lands
- Death Penalty: Malaysia to Hang Three for Marijuana Trafficking, Executions Continue in Middle East
- Europe: Dutch Judges Say Legalize It
- Press Release: Government's Drug War Test Kits Give False Positives on Organic and Natural Products
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Feature: Drug Policy Reform and Sentencing Initiatives on the November Ballot
- Feature: Drug Reform Not on the Radar in Canada's Elections
- Offer: Unique and Important New Book on Medical Marijuana
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Drug War Follies: Iowa Anti-Meth Pseudoephedrine Law Snags Nasal Congestion Sufferer
- Public Opinion: Three-Quarters of Likely Voters Believe Drug War is Failing and More than One-Quarter Favor Legalization, Zogby Poll Finds
- Sentencing: Supreme Court 2nd Amendment Decision May Provide Opening for Appeal in Case of Pot Dealer Doing 55 Years for Carrying Gun
- Sentencing: Pennsylvania Reform Measure Becomes Law
- Medical Marijuana: Schwarzenegger Vetoes Employment Rights Bill
- Medical Marijuana: Bill Coming Down the Pike in Idaho?
- Latin America: Mexican President Moves to Decriminalize Drug Possession
- Europe: Marijuana Less Harmful Than Alcohol or Tobacco, Says British Drug Think-Tank
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
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- Editorial: Drug Dogs Don't Have ESP, or What's Wrong with Judges Today?
- Feature: Number of Schools Embracing Random Drug Testing on the Rise -- So is Opposition
- Feature: Poll Finds Broad Support for Doing Away with Mandatory Minimum Sentencing for Nonviolent Offenders
- Offer: Unique and Important New Book on Medical Marijuana
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Sentencing: Pennsylvania Senate Approves Treatment-Not-Jail Measure
- Search and Seizure: Florida Defense Attorneys Challenge Drug Dog "Hits"
- Medical Marijuana: Washington State Judge Plays Doctor, Convicts Authorized Patient of Cultivating His Own Medicine
- Salvia Divinorum: US Military Bases in England, Okinawa Say No to Sally D
- Latin America: Mexicans Bummed Out By Prohibition-Related Violence -- 44% Say Legalize Drugs
- Europe: Dutchman Busted for Smoking Tobacco in Cannabis Coffee House
- Europe: Kosovo Has Lowest Illicit Drug Prices in Region
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Job Opportunity: Program Manager, Criminal Justice Policy Foundation, Silver Spring, MD
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?
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- Feature: Serious Crime Down, Drug Arrests Hold Steady, But Marijuana Arrests Increase to 872,000
- Feature: US Lists "Major" Drug Producing and Trafficking Countries, Names Only Bolivia, Burma, and Venezuela as Not Complying
- Offer: Unique and Important New Book on Medical Marijuana
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Marijuana: Massachusetts Decrim Initiative Organizers Take Off the Gloves, File Criminal Complaints Against Prosecutors
- Salvia Divinorum: Nebraska Shopkeeper to Go on Trial For Selling "Intoxicants" in Magic Mint Case
- Search and Seizure: Feds Must Get Warrant Before Scouring Cell Phone Location Records, Federal District Court Judge Rules
- Latin America: Brazilian Cops Kill With Impunity, Moonlight as Drug Gang Executioners, UN Report Says
- Europe: Britain's Drug Advisory Panel Ponders Down-Scheduling Ecstasy
- Europe: Dutch Supreme Court Says Patient Can Grow Marijuana for Therapeutic Use
- South Asia: Sri Lanka in Medical Marijuana Quandary
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?
- Webmasters: Help the Movement by Running DRCNet Syndication Feeds on Your Web Site!
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- Feature: US Sentencing Commission to Examine Alternatives to Incarceration
- Feature: Battle Over California's Nonviolent Offender Recovery Act Initiative Begins to Heat Up
- Feature: Scholarship Fund Honoring 9/11 Hero John W. Perry Assists More Students Losing Financial Aid Because of Drug Convictions
- Offer: Unique and Important New Book on Medical Marijuana
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Medical Marijuana: California Activist Grower Eddy Lepp Guilty in Federal Cultivation Case, Faces 10 Years to Life
- Marijuana: It's Official -- Fayetteville Lowest Law Enforcement Priority Initiative Makes November Ballot
- Medical Marijuana: PTSD Victim Sues West Virginia Pain Management Center for Dismissing Him Because He Smokes Marijuana for Relief
- Latin America: Embattled Mexican President Seeks More Money to Fight Crime, Drug Gangs
- Latin America: Walters Continues US Attack on Venezuela Anti-Drug Efforts, Calls Chávez Policies "Global Threat"
- South Asia: Indian Newspaper Cheers On Anti-Drug Vigilantes
- Europe: Irish Judge Balks at Unquantified Drugged Driving Test
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?
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