Drug War Chronicle

La campaña de erradicación forzada de la coca respaldada por los EE.UU. del gobierno peruano está topándose con problemas serios en el Valle del Alto Huallaga. Conflictos con la policía, cortes de ruta y una huelga general han estallado en los últimos días.

Pese a una votación aparente para derribarlo la semana pasada, la legislatura de Nuevo México ha aprobado un proyecto sobre la marihuana medicinal. Ello sólo aguarda la firma del gobernador Bill Richardson, un fuerte defensor, para convertirse en ley.

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At one time or another, all of us have sputtered into our coffee cops over some outrageous claim made by the drug czar's office. Now, a pair of academics have systematically deconstructed those claims, and the results are highly illuminating.

An important new book debunks literally years of statistical legerdemain by the nation's central drug policy office -- and is DRCNet's latest premium for our members.

Tyrone Brown is a free man! He walked out of prison in Texas Thursday after receiving a conditional pardon 17 years into a life sentence for violating probation by smoking pot.

The County of Los Angeles has approved a $500,000 needle exchange program in a bid to slow the spread of AIDS and Hepatitis B and C.