Chronicle Archive
Comprehensive coverage of the War on Drugs since 1997
- Editorial: Poverty and the Drug Laws
- Feature: Faced With Slashed Federal Grants, Drug Task Forces Howl... and Plot to Get Their Funding Back
- In Memoriam: Judge Eleanor Schockett of LEAP
- Appeal: DRCNet Made Amazing Progress in 2007 and We Need Your Help for 2008
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Students: Intern at DRCNet and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Law Enforcement: Virginia Narcotics Officer Killed Busting Down Door in Marijuana Grow Raid
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Law Enforcement: Snitch Culture Gone Bad in Ohio -- 15 Prisoners to Go Free Because of Informant's Tainted Testimony
- Medical Marijuana: Employers Can Fire Users, California Supreme Court Rules
- Medical Marijuana: New Mexico Paraplegic Sues Over Seizure of Plants, Grow Equipment
- Drug Penalties: New York Governor Proposes Tax Stamps -- $200 a Gram for Cocaine
- Marijuana: New Hampshire Decriminalization Bill Wins Support at Hearing
- Marijuana: Burlington, Vermont City Council Rejects Decriminalization Measure
- Harm Reduction: San Antonio Police Arrest Needle Exchangers, DA Ups the Ante
- Latin America: Mexican Soldiers Raid Police in Drug Fight in Rio Grande Valley Border Cities
- Latin America: US Accuses Venezuela of "Colluding" with Cocaine Trade
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?
- Internship Opportunity: Americans for Safe Access, Washington, DC
- Errata
- Webmasters: Help the Movement by Running DRCNet Syndication Feeds on Your Web Site!
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- Editorial: A Matter of Basic Fairness in the Marc Emery Case
- Feature: It's Safer to Be a Cop Than a Farmer
- Appeal: DRCNet Made Amazing Progress in 2007 and We Need Your Help for 2008
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Students: Intern at DRCNet and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Canada: Marc Emery to Accept Canadian Prison Time on US Charges
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Salvia Divinorum: Virginia House Passes Ban
- Marijuana: Sight of Someone Smoking a Joint Not Grounds for Home Search, California Appeals Court Rules
- Marijuana: Vermont to Consider Decriminalization, But Wants to Crack Down on Hard Drugs
- Marijuana: After 30 Years, Nebraska Legislator Wants to Recriminalize
- Marijuana: Bill to Increase Penalties for Sales to Minors Moving in South Dakota
- Middle East: The Poppies Blossom in Iraq
- Africa: Marijuana "Tries to Destroy Our Society," Nigerian Head Narc Says
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?
- Job Opportunity: Deputy Director, International Harm Reduction Development Program, Open Society Institute
- Job Opportunity: Executive Director, Blue Mountain Heart to Heart
- Webmasters: Help the Movement by Running DRCNet Syndication Feeds on Your Web Site!
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- Feature: International Campaign to Stop Drug Executions Gearing Up
- Drug War Chronicle Book Review: "Drugs and Justice: Seeking a Consistent, Coherent, Comprehensive View," by Margaret Battin, et al. (2008, Oxford University Press, 279 pp., $21.95 PB)
- Law Enforcement: Ohio SWAT Team Kills Woman, Wounds Toddler in Drug Raid
- Latin America: Drug Gang Battles Cops, Soldiers in Mexican Border Town
- Pain Medicine: Advocacy Group to Challenge Controlled Substances Act In Lawsuit Aimed at Protecting Physicians, Patients
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Appeal: DRCNet Made Amazing Progress in 2007 and We Need Your Help for 2008
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Students: Intern at DRCNet and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Psychedelics: Nebraska Moves to Ban Salvia Divinorum
- Marijuana: Vermont Governor Open to Discussing Decriminalization, He Says
- Law Enforcement: Dallas Police to Accept Recruits With Past Drug Use
- Law Enforcement: DEA to Hire 200 New Agents
- Weekly: This Week in History
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- Job Opportunity: Graphic Designer, Marijuana Policy Project
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- Feature: What We Will Be Watching at Drug War Chronicle in 2008
- Editorial: The Drug War Has Many Constants, But is No Constant
- Appeal: DRCNet Made Amazing Progress in 2007 and We Need Your Help for 2008
- Students: Intern at DRCNet and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cop Stories
- Pain Medicine: Emergency Room Doctors More Likely to Prescribe Opioids to Whites Than Minorities
- Marijuana: Despite Law Allowing Ticketing for Pot Possession, Most Texas Counties Still Arrest
- Harm Reduction: DC Quick to Move After Congress Lifts Needle Exchange Funding Ban
- Europe: British Police Chief Stirs Controversy With Claims That Drugs Will Be Legal in Ten Years, Ecstasy Is Safer Than Aspirin
- Death Penalty: Iran, Vietnam Ring In New Year With More Executions, Death Sentences
- Weekly: This Week in History
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- Feature: The Top Ten Drug War Stories of 2007, According to Drug War Chronicle
- Appeal: DRCNet Has Made Amazing Progress in 2007 and We Need Your Help for 2008
- Law Enforcement: Snitches Gone Bad
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Prisons: Facing Budget Crisis, California Governor Ponders Early Release of 22,000 Nonviolent Offenders
- Legislation: Illinois Joins Short List of States Banning Salvia Divinorum
- Marijuana: Idaho Balks at Town's Pot Initiatives
- Asia: China Set to Adopt Anti-Drug Law
- Latin America: Ecuador President Wants to Pardon Drug "Mules"
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Students: Intern at DRCNet and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?
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- Appeal: DRCNet Has Made Amazing Progress in 2007 and We Need Your Help for 2008
- Federal Budget: Drug Czar's Ad Campaign Takes a Hit, DC Can Do Needle Exchange, But More Funding for Law Enforcement
- Drug War Chronicle Book Review: "Snitch: Informants, Cooperators, and the Corruption of Justice," by Ethan Brown (2007, Public Affairs Press, 273 pp., $25.95 HB)
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Students: Intern at DRCNet and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Law Enforcement: Chicago's Courts Are in Crisis, and the Drug War Is a Big Contributor, Report Finds
- Sentencing: New Jersey Moves to Shrink "Drug-Free Zones," Cops Protest
- Drug Treatment: Federal Budget Provides Same Funding or Small Increases for Treatment, Prevention Programs, But Reduces Safe and Drug-Free Grants Program
- Death Penalty: Malaysia to Execute Man for Marijuana, China to Execute Man for Meth
- Europe: Finland to Set Guidelines for Medical Marijuana Use
- Mexico: Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Introduced
- Canada: The Drug Business is Booming, Says Mounties Report
- Weekly: This Week in History
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- Feature: Pressure Mounts on Congress As Supreme Court, Sentencing Commission Both Act to Cut Crack Cocaine Sentences
- Feature: Drug Reform Goes to the Big Easy -- The 2007 International Drug Policy Reform Conference, New Orleans
- Feature: Latest Teen Drug Use Numbers Out -- White House Claims Success, Critics Say Not So Fast
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Students: Intern at DRCNet and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Medical Marijuana: DEA Threatens San Francisco Dispensary Landlords, Dispensaries Sue, Conyers to Hold Hearings
- Law Enforcement: Snitch in Deadly Atlanta Raid Case Sues
- Europe: Swiss Parliament Rejects Marijuana Legalization
- Death Penalty: Vietnam In Death Sentence Frenzy, 35 Condemned for Drugs in Past Two Weeks
- Web Scan
- Weekly: This Week in History
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- Job Opportunity: Field Director, SAFER, Denver
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- Feature: The 2007 International Drug Policy Reform Conference -- Mr. Costa Meets the Opposition
- Feature: The Bible, a Black Bag, and a Drug Dog -- A Florida Drug War Story
- Press Advisory: Ninety-Nine Percent Say They Wouldn't Use Hard Drugs If Legalized, According to Zogby Poll
- Students: Intern at DRCNet and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Sentencing: Racial Disparities in Drug Sentences the Norm in the Nation's Most Populous Counties, Study Finds
- Latin America: Mexico's President Says Fighting Drugs, Crime His Highest Priority
- Europe: British Drug Council Calls for Heroin, Cocaine Prescribing By Nurses, Pharmacists, Chides Government's Drug Strategy Consultation
- Weekly: This Week in History
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- Canadian Tories' Mandatory Minimum Drug Bill Draws Stiff Opposition, But Can It Be Stopped?
- Chewing and Grinding: A South Dakota Drug War Story
- Medical Marijuana: Courts in California and Colorado Rule Cops Must Return Patient's Medicine
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Students: Intern at DRCNet and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Harm Reduction: New Jersey's First Legal Needle Exchange Is Open
- Hemp: Court Rejects Bid By North Dakota Farmers to Get DEA Out of the Way
- Europe: Edinburgh Police Plan for "Drug Tolerance Zone" in City Center Stirs Controversy
- Southwest Asia: US Plan For Aerial Spraying of Afghan Poppies on Hold -- for Now
- Southeast Asia: Most Killed in Thailand's 2003 Drug War Not Involved With Drugs, Panel Finds
- Death Penalty: More Executions in Iran, More Death Sentences in Vietnam
- Web Scan
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Job Opportunity: Field Director, SAFER, Denver
- Internships: Two Openings at Americans for Safe Access
- Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?
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- Feature: On the Anniversary of Kathryn Johnston's Death, Poll Finds Most Americans Oppose Use of SWAT-Style Tactics in Routine Drug Raids
- Feature: Higher Education Act Drug Conviction Penalty Repeal Stymied As Democrats Choke -- Again
- Sentencing: US Prison Population Could Be Cut in Half With Four Humane Reforms, Including Drug Decriminalization, Report Says
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- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Medical Marijuana: Michigan Initiative Organizers Hand in Half a Million Signatures
- Canada: Federal Government Introduces Anti-Drug Legislation
- Southeast Asia: Reports Coming on Thailand's 2003 Drug War Killings
- Europe: British Heroin Maintenance Trials a Success, Researchers Say
- Australia: In Desperate Pre-Election Move, Prime Minister Howard Says He Will Take Control of Drug Users' Welfare Payments
- Europe: Irish Labor Party Debates Cannabis Legalization, Defers Decision
- Web Scan
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Job Opportunity: Outreach Director, Students for Sensible Drug Policy
- Job Opportunities: Two Openings at PreventionWorks, Washington, DC
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