Chronicle Archive
Comprehensive coverage of the War on Drugs since 1997
- Editorial: They Know More Than They're Willing to Admit About the Drug War
- Feature: Presidential Contenders and Drug Policy II -- Republicans
- Feature: Would-Be North Dakota Hemp Farmers Have Another Day in Court
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Students: Intern at DRCNet and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Full of It: Rep. Mark Souder Souder Gets Called on His Characterization of HEA Reform Supporters
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Medical Marijuana: Invited By "Pro-Family Group," Drug Czar's Chief Scientist Testifies at Tennessee House Hearing
- Marijuana: California Cops Destroy Pot Worth Twice As Much as State's Largest Legal Cash Crop, But Still Miss Vast Majority of It
- Marijuana: A Week After Initiative Vote, Denver Bites the Bullet -- Sort Of
- Popular Culture: One-Third of Hit Songs Contain Drug Use References
- Australia: Queensland to Increase Drug Penalties
- Death Penalty: Two More Executed for Drug Trafficking in Saudi Arabia
- Web Scan
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Job Opportunity: Drug Policy Alliance, Deputy Director, San Francisco Office
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- Editorial: Two Drug War Tragedies, and No Excuse
- Feature: Presidential Contenders and Drug Policy I -- Democrats
- Feature: Denver Votes to Make Marijuana Offenses Lowest Law Enforcement Priority
- Students: Intern at DRCNet and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Harm Reduction: Anti-Safe Injection Site Amendment Killed in Conference Committee
- Marijuana: Three of Four Reform Initiatives Pass in Hailey, Idaho
- Europe: Dutch to Extend Medical Marijuana Program for Another Five Years
- Death Penalty: Two More Drug Offenders Executed in Iran
- New Zealand: National Conversation on Marijuana Policy Urged
- Africa: NGOs Criticize Emphasis on Cutting Drug Supply, Urge Attention to Demand Reduction
- Caribbean: Trinidad & Tobago Political Leader Calls For New Approach in Dealing with Marijuana
- Weekly: This Week in History
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- Editorial: Newsflash -- Governments Are Violently Destroying Lives in the Drug War
- Feature: New, Less Severe Federal Crack Cocaine Sentencing Guidelines Go Into Effect, But Will They Be Retroactive?
- Feature: Can Medical Marijuana Cost You Your Kid? In California, It Can
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Students: Intern at DRCNet and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Harm Reduction: Measure to Bar Federal Funds for Cities With Safe Injection Sites Passes Senate
- Marijuana: Democratic Candidates Forgo Opportunity to Support Decriminalization During Tuesday Night Debate
- Families: Utah Supreme Court Rules Mere Presence of Drugs in Home is Not Child Endangerment
- Sentencing Reform: Massachusetts Bar Association Forms Drug Policy Task Force
- Southeast Asia: Drug Crackdowns Spread HIV/AIDS, Experts Say
- Southeast Asia: Indonesia Constitutional Court Upholds Death Penalty For Drug Offenses
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- Web Scan
- Weekly: This Week in History
- In the Movement: Job Opportunities at MPP
- Announcement: Deadline Approaching for Abstract Submission to IHRA Barcelona Conference
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- Editorial: Enough Already -- Stop Funding the Taliban Through Opium Prohibition
- Feature: Bush Reveals Plan Mexico, Proposes $1.4 Billion Anti-Drug Aid Package
- Feature: San Francisco Ponders a Safe Injection Site, Would Be the Nation's First
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Students: Intern at DRCNet and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Sentencing: Ohio Senate Passes Bill to Equalize Crack/Powder Cocaine Disparity By Raising Sentences
- Marijuana: Florida Bill Would Toughen Penalties for Growing
- Law Enforcement: Karen Tandy Resigns As DEA Chief
- Death Penalty: Iran Executes Five More Drug Traders, Australian Faces Ultimate Sanction Over Half Ounce of Hash in Bali
- Southwest Asia: Opium Accounts for Maybe Half of Taliban Funding, US Commander Says
- Latin America: Ecuador President Jerks Washington's Chain Over Manta Air Base
- Web Scan
- Weekly: This Week in History
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- Jobs in Harm Reduction: Harm Reduction Coalition and PreventionWorks!
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- Editorial: The Arrogance of Stupidity
- NORML Does LA: The 2007 National Convention
- Europe: Britain's North Wales Police Back Chief's Call for Drug Legalization
- Video: US Government Encourages Drug Offenders to Choose the Army Instead of College
- And Still More... Yet ANOTHER Big Digg Hit Last Week Increases Our Web Site Traffic
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Students: Intern at DRCNet and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Law Enforcement: With Violent Crime on the Rise, New Orleans Police Are Arresting Thousands of Drug Offenders, Traffic Violators
- Harm Reduction: San Francisco Safe Injection Site Discussions Underway
- Marijuana: Pot Politics On Display in Local Races in Cincinnati and New York State
- Australia: Drugs Are "Evil," Says Prime Minister
- Drugged Driving: Experts Say Marijuana DUI Limit Should Be Similar to Alcohol, Not Zero Tolerance
- Weekly: This Week in History
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- Jobs at MPP: Michigan Campaign Manager, DC Membership/Grants/VIP Program Fellow
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- Feature: Canada's New Drug Strategy: Mandatory Minimums In, Harm Reduction Out
- Europe: North Wales Top Cop Calls For Legalization, Regulation of Drugs
- Prohibition: San Francisco Mayor Says Drug War an "Abject Failure," Sheriff Agrees
- More Web Site Success: Another Big Digg Hit Last Week Massively Increased Our Web Site Traffic
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Students: Intern at DRCNet and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Drug Treatment: GAO Study Reveals Abuse Allegations, Deaths at Residential Treatment Programs
- Tobacco: California City Becomes First to Ban Smoking In One's Own Home
- Southwest Asia: US Turns Up the Pressure to Spray Poppy Fields, Afghan Government Resists -- So Far
- Southeast Asia: Burmese Opium Production on the Rise
- Middle East: Lebanese Political Crisis Means Bumper Hash Crop
- Europe: Dutch to Ban Magic Mushroom Sales
- Weekly: This Week in History
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- Editorial: Yes, the Drug War Really is Still Failing, DEA and ONDCP
- Feature: Supreme Court Weighs Arguments on Limits of Judicial Discretion in Sentencing
- Drug War Chronicle Book Review: "Addiction-Proof Your Child: A Realistic Approach to Preventing Drug, Alcohol, and Other Dependencies," by Stanton Peele (2007, Seven Rivers Press, 258 pp., $14.95 PB)
- Appeal: More DRCNet Stories Are Going Big Thanks to Your Donations
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Students: Intern at DRCNet and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Marijuana: Pot Prohibition Costs $41 Billion a Year in Enforcement Costs, Lost Tax Revenues, Study Finds
- Marijuana: Hawaii Supreme Court Rejects Religious Use Defense
- Latin America: US Plans to Supersize Mexico Drug War Aid -- $1.4 Billion Package in Works
- Asia: Nine National Red Cross/Red Crescent Groups Endorse Humanitarian Drug Policies
- Europe: Dutch Marijuana Trade Under Pressure
- Canada: Vancouver Safe Injection Site Granted Six-Month Extension, Again
- Europe: New Agency Created to Battle Booming Cocaine Trade
- Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Job Listing: Executive Director, Access Works!
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- Editorial: Let's Get Real Already About Ending Drug Prohibition
- Feature: Marijuana, Drug Arrests Hit All-Time High -- Again
- Feature: Israeli Police Will No Longer Arrest First-Time Drug Users
- Appeal: Massive Increases to Our Web Site Traffic Have Increased Our Costs...
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Students: Intern at DRCNet and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Marijuana: Four Initiatives Make November Ballot In Idaho Town
- Drug Courts: New Jersey Supreme Court Broadens Eligibility
- Latin America: Citing Human Rights Abuses, Mexican Official Calls for Pulling Army Out of Drug War
- Europe: German States Want Heroin Maintenance for Addicts
- Australia: South Australia Wants to Ban Marijuana Grow Recipes, Equipment
- In Memoriam: Dr. John Beresford
- Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?
- Web Scan
- Weekly: This Week in History
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- Editorial: Sometimes the Drug War Makes Me Dizzy
- Feature: CAMP Makes Little Headway Against California Marijuana Growers
- Feature: Wisconsin Medical Marijuana Bill to Be Introduced
- Appeal: Massive Increases to Our Web Site Traffic Have Increased Our Costs...
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Students: Intern at DRCNet and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Pain Patients: Florida Prisoner Richard Paey is Pardoned
- Medical Marijuana: Bryan Epis Re-Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison
- Drug Testing: ACLU Will Sue to Block Hawaii Teacher Testing
- Certification: White House Says 20 Countries Are Major Drug Producing or Trafficking Nations, But Only Two Political Enemies Get Decertified
- Death Penalty: Four More Drug Offenders Sentenced to Death in Vietnam, 17 Hung in Iran
- Europe: European Parliament Committee Calls for Pilot Project on Medicinal Opium in Afghanistan
- Latin America: Rio Cops Rounded Up in Drug Corruption Probe
- Web Scan
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Announcement: Prison-Related Poetry Contest by Shot Caller Press, LLC
- Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?
- Webmasters: Help the Movement by Running DRCNet Syndication Feeds on Your Web Site!
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- Editorial: Does Anything Go in the Drug War?
- Feature: Battlelines Forming Over 2008 Oregon Medical Marijuana Ballot Issues
- Drug War Chronicle Book Review: "Drugs in Afghanistan: Opium, Outlaws, and Scorpion Tales" by David Macdonald (2007, Pluto Press, 295 pp., $35PB)
- Appeal: Massive Increases to Our Web Site Traffic Have Increased Our Costs...
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Students: Intern at DRCNet and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Law Enforcement: Asset Forfeiture Funds Spent on Banquets, Balls, and Balloons in Atlanta
- Drug Penalties: Tennessee Appeals Court Finds Drug Tax Unconstitutional
- Prohibition: Terror Groups Profit From Drugs, DEA Says -- Missing Forest For Trees
- Ghosts of Prohibition: Women's Christian Temperance Union Holds Indianapolis Convention
- Latin America: Colombian Vice-President Says Aerial Eradication is Failing
- Death Penalty: Two More Drug Offenders Executed in Iran, Six Sentenced to Die in Vietnam
- Web Scan
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?
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