Chronicle Archive
Comprehensive coverage of the War on Drugs since 1997
- Editorial: How Much Does It Cost to Build an Air-Conditioned Drug Smuggling Tunnel?
- Feature: Venezuela, US Governments Spar Over Drug Fighting
- Chronicle Book Review: "On Speed: The Many Lives of Amphetamine," by Nicolas Rasmussen (2008, New York University Press, 352 pp, $29.95 HB)
- Offer: Unique and Important New Book on Medical Marijuana
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Presidential Politics: Both Major Party Tickets Include Former Drug Users
- Drug Use: Prescription Pills Up, Cocaine and Meth Down, Marijuana Holds Steady
- Medical Marijuana: Los Angeles City Council Extends Moratorium
- Marijuana: Fayetteville, Arkansas, Lowest Priority Initiative Turns in More Signatures
- Marijuana: SAFER Takes on the NFL, Cites "Hypocrisy" of Player's Huge Fine for Marijuana Possession
- Australia: Drug Researcher Says Ecstasy Safer Than Binge Drinking, Causes Flap
- Latin America: Mexican Drug Violence Taking Toll on Pres. Calderón's Popularity
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- Feature: California Attorney General Issues Medical Marijuana Guidelines -- Mostly Good But Some Problems, Say Advocates
- Feature: Afghan Opium Production Declines Slightly From Record Levels
- Offer: Unique and Important New Book on Medical Marijuana
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- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Medical Marijuana: Washington State Fight Over Allowable Quantities Continues
- Harm Reduction: Funds Begin to Flow to DC Needle Exchange Programs
- Law Enforcement: LEAP Barred From Asian-American Cops Meeting in Virginia
- Europe: Scottish Heroin Crackdown Sparks Violent Crime Increase
- Death Penalty: More Executions in Iran, Saudi Arabia
- Australia: Strong Support for Medical Marijuana, Needle Exchange Programs, National Survey Finds
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- Editorial: Why Hasn't Denver's Police Chief Been Fired for Violating Marijuana Laws?
- Feature: The Drug Checkpoint That Wasn't -- Louisiana Lawmen Play Fast and Loose with the Constitution
- Feature: Seattle's Hempfest Again Draws Multitudes in Celebration of Cannabis Culture
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- Salvia Divinorum: North Dakota Man, First in Nation Charged With Magic Mint Offense, Sees Charges Reduced
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Marijuana: Massachusetts Decriminalization Initiative Polling Well
- Medical Marijuana: California Supreme Court to Take Up Limits Issue
- Marijuana: Hawaii's Big Island to Vote on Lowest Law Enforcement Priority Initiative
- Offer: Unique and Important New Book on Medical Marijuana
- Latin America: Mexico's PRD May Call for Legalization
- Europe: Move Afoot in Poland to Legalize Marijuana
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- Editorial: The Coca Wars are Futile, Whereas Drug Legalization is a Win-Win
- Feature: Prosecutors Want Five Years for North Dakota Man Who Bought $32 Worth of Salvia Divinorum on eBay
- Update and Appeal: StoptheDrugWar.org Media Coverage This Year
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- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Marijuana: Mendocino County Coalition Moves to Further Restrict Cultivation -- But Late-Breaking Judge's Ruling May Undo Their Earlier Victory
- Presidential Politics: Ralph Nader Says Free the Dopers, Jail the Corporate Crooks
- Presidential Politics: Bob Barr Criticizes High-Profile Drug Raid on Maryland Mayor's Home
- Offer: Unique and Important New Book on Medical Marijuana
- Europe: Former British Anti-Drug Official Now Calls For Legalization
- Europe: French Police Start Saliva-Testing Drivers for Drugs
- Press Release: First Global Conference on Methamphetamine to Feature 80 Speakers from 16 Countries
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- Job Opportunities: Marijuana Policy Project, Washington, DC
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- Feature: Feds Score Another Conviction Against a California Medical Marijuana Dispensary Operator
- Law Enforcement: Killer Cop Walks in Ohio SWAT Raid Shooting, Relatives File Wrongful Death Suit
- Offer: Unique and Important New Book on Medical Marijuana
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- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Medical Marijuana: California Appeals Court Upholds State Law, Rejects San Diego County Claim
- Medical Marijuana: National MS Society Takes Half-Step Toward Recognizing Therapeutic Uses
- Marijuana: Arizona Court of Appeals Rejects Religious Defense
- Latin America: Argentine President Calls for Decriminalization of Drug Possession, Inclusion of Harm Reduction in National Drug Strategy
- Latin America: Peru Constitutional Court Overturns State Law Okaying Coca Crops
- Southeast Asia: Drug User Group Demonstrates for Legal Drug Use in Jakarta
- Southeast Asia: DEA Bringing Drug War Tactics to Vietnam
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- Editorial: Two Dogs Dead, a Family Traumatized, Another Day in the Drug War
- Feature: Federal Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Has Its Coming Out Party
- Feature: Prescription Drug "Fatal Medical Errors" Rising Dramatically -- What Does It Mean?
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- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Racial Profiling: Latest Illinois Report Prompts Civil Rights Groups to Call for End to Consent Searches
- Harm Reduction: Bill to End Federal Needle Exchange Ban Filed
- Medical Marijuana: DEA Seizes Medical Marijuana Seized By Seattle Police
- Marijuana: Joplin, Missouri, Decrim Initiative in Final Signature-Gathering Push
- Marijuana: Fayetteville, Arkansas, Lowest Priority Initiative in Signature Drive
- Southwest Asia: Iranian Harm Reduction Doctors Arrested, Held Without Explanation
- Latin America: In Bid to Reduce US Influence, Bolivia to Fund Own Anti-Drug Unit
- Europe: Britain's Drug War Not Working, Think-Tank Finds
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Job Opportunity: Executive Director, Justice Policy Institute, DC
- Job Opportunity: State Legislative Affairs Director, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, DC
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- Editorial: It's Everybody Else Who's Crazy
- Feature: The Vultures Circle Sturgis, But One Man Fights Back
- Feature: Going After Congressional Drug Warrior #1
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- Media: David Borden in Televised Drug Legalization Debate
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Drug Testing: Hawaii Teachers Back Away from Random Testing Provisions of New Contract
- Probable Cause: Washington Supreme Court Rules Marijuana Smell in Vehicle Not Enough to Arrest All Occupants
- Medical Marijuana: Whole Plant Better Than Isolated Components in Pain Relief, Italian Study Finds
- Southwest Asia: Former US Anti-Drug Official Accuses Afghan Government of Complicity in Drug Trade -- US and NATO Not Doing Much Either, He Complains
- Death Penalty: More Executions in China, Saudi Arabia
- Canada: Quebec to Open Series of Safe Injection Sites
- Australia: Grow Lights Now Illegal in South Australia
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- Help Needed: Drug War Chronicle Seeking Cases of Informant Abuse
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- Feature: Beyond 2008 -- Global Civil Society Tells the UN It's Time to Fix International Drug Policy
- Chronicle Book Review: "Dying to Get High: Marijuana as Medicine," by Wendy Chapkis and Richard J. Webb (2008, NYU Press, 244 pp., $22.00 PB)
- Media: David Borden in Televised Drug Legalization Debate
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- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Medical Marijuana: Seattle Police Seize Hundreds of Patient Files in Raid on Co-op
- Search and Seizure: Strip Search of School Girl for Ibuprofen Went Too Far, Federal Appeals Court Says
- Europe: Battle of the Swiss Drug Referenda
- Europe: Austrian Parliament Okays Medical Marijuana, But Only State Agency Can Grow It
- Europe: Rastafarians Can Smoke Marijuana, Italian Court Rules
- Death Penalty: Indonesia Gives Go-Ahead for More Executions
- Europe: Selling Grow Equipment Not a Crime, British Appeals Court Rules
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- Job Opportunities: Two Full-time Jobs, a Fellowship, and an Internship, Marijuana Policy Project, DC
- Job Opportunity: Outreach Director, Students for Sensible Drug Policy, DC or San Francisco
- Job Opportunity: Media Relations Director, Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM), Washington, DC
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- Help Needed: Drug War Chronicle Seeking Cases of Informant Abuse
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- Editorial: Do Drug Laws Affect Drug Use Rates? Evidently Not
- Feature: Vested Interests of Prohibition I: The Police
- Feature: Despite Harsh Drug Policies, US Leads in Cannabis, Cocaine Use, Global Survey Finds
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- Help Needed: Drug War Chronicle Seeking Cases of Informant Abuse
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Marijuana: Massachusetts Decrim Initiative Approved for November Ballot
- Marijuana: Oregon Initiative For Regulated Sales Starts Gathering Signatures
- Pain Medicine: Pain Relief Network Sues State of Washington Over Narcotic Prescribing Guidelines
- Marijuana: Georgia Grand Jury Foreman Says Legalize It
- Drug Prohibition: No Clue in the Texas Legislature
- Latin America: Ecuador Assembly Pardons Hundreds of Drug Mules
- Middle East: Iraq Becomes Key Conduit in Global Drug Trade
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- Job Opportunity: Harm Reduction Counselor/Driver, FROST'D @ Harlem United, New York City
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- Editorial: How Long Does an Experiment Need to Continue Before It's Declared a Failure? (e.g. Drug Prohibition)
- Feature: Future Doctors Support Medical Marijuana
- Feature: New Jersey State Assembly Passes Bill Reforming State's "Drug-Free School Zone" Law
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- Help Needed: Drug War Chronicle Seeking Cases of Informant Abuse
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Marijuana: Mendocino County Move to Restrict Grows Passes, Barely
- Marijuana: Puerto Rico Ex-Officials Say Legalize It
- Europe: Hashish Growers Fight Police in "Greece's Colombia"
- Latin America: Bolivia's Chapare Coca Growers Tell USAID to Get Lost, Say They Will Seek Funding from Venezuela
- Southwest Asia: West Threatens to Block Iran Drug Aid Over Nuclear Issue
- Southwest Asia: Taliban Makes $100 Million a Year Off Drug Prohibition
- Death Penalty: More Executions, More Death Sentences, A Glimmer of Hope in Vietnam
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