Drug War Chronicle

Former Georgia Republican Congressman Bob Barr blocked the District of Columbia from enacting medical marijuana. That was then. Now, he has signed on as a lobbyist with the Marijuana Policy Project.

A New Hampshire medical marijuana bill has been defeated in the House. Advocates are pointing to 2/3 public support and the closeness of the vote, and are promising to come back next year.

The Bolivian government is moving to "rationalize" coca production in the Yungas region.

Last week's grand jury action in one Ohio county opens a window on the impact of drug prohibition on the criminal justice system.

When 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston was killed by Atlanta undercover narcs in a botched drug raid last November, community outrage was palpable. Now, the Atlanta police are changing some of their practices and procedures.

De acuerdo con un estudio recién lanzado, las agresiones sexuales contra prisioneros son un problema endémico, y no aislado, que la guerra a las drogas empeora y los presos de la guerra a las drogas están entre aquellos que tienen más chances de ser victimados.

El lunes, la Corte Suprema de los EE.UU. escuchó la argumentación oral en el caso “Bong Hits 4 Jesus”, poniendo frente a frente los derechos de los estudiantes a la libertad de expresión contra las políticas antidrogas de los colegios.