pile-of-cash_180_117.jpg
This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
Deputies disgrace themselves and more.
Drug War Chronicle
Comprehensive coverage of the War on Drugs since 1997
-
-
philando8n-1-web.jpgHow Reefer Madness Helped Kill Philando Castile
The cop who killed Philando Castile was especially frightened because Castile smoked marijuana. -
traffic stop socosher_2.jpgMarijuana Legalization Dramatically Cuts Traffic Stop Searches
What a shocker! Give cops less legal reason to do searches and you get fewer searches. -
MMJ leaf and stethoscope KY ODCP_151_128.jpgMedical Marijuana Update
An initiative campaign is getting underway in Utah, Florida's governor signs medical marijuana implementation into law, and more. -
Utahns are ready for medical marijuana. (Harborside)Chronicle AM: IL Passes Forfeiture Reform, House Heroin Task Force Proposals, More... (6/28/17)
Utah's new medical marijuana initiative is exposing fissures between the LDS leadership and membership, an asset forfeiture reform bill sits on the desk of Illinois' governor, a bipartisan House heroin task force releases its proposals, and more. -
Evo acknowledges and decries the diversion of Bolivian coca to the black market, and says he enjoys coca flour. (Wikimedia)Chronicle AM: Key MJ Issues Dividing MA Pols, Some Coca Diverted, Says Morales, More... (6/27/17):
Massachusetts lawmakers are slugging it out over what legalization will look like this week, Bolivia's president acknowledges and decries the diversion of coca to the black market, and more. -
Demonstrators took to the streets in more than 200 cities around the globe Monday to call for drug reforms.Chronicle AM: Koch Bros Critical of Trump Drug Policies, FL Drug Treatment Fraud, More... (6/26/17)
Florida's medical marijuana regulatory system is now set, the conservative Koch network has some issues with Trump drug war policies, Support Don't Punish marches are going on worldwide, there's something rotten in the Florida drug treatment complex, and more. -
minnesota-officer-assaults-motorist-june-2017.jpgWatch: Minnesota Drug Task Force Cop Assaults Motorist
It took nearly a year for damning video to emerge, but now the heat is on. -
marijuana leaf_39.jpgChronicle AM: RI, VT to Study Legalization, Some NV Rec Sales to Begin July 1, More... (6/23/17)
After marijuana legalization comes up short this year, Vermont and Rhode Island will both have study commissions to examine the issue, Nevada's governor finds a way to get recreational sales going next week, Cuba says no to legal weed, and more. -
They're battling in Boston over the shape of legal marijuana in Massachusetts. (MPP)Chronicle AM: Americans Want Trump to Leave MJ States Alone, MA Legal MJ Battle, More... (6/22/17)
The Massachusetts House and Senate have different ideas about how to implement marijuana legalization, a new poll finds a strong majority of Americans want Trump to butt out of legal marijuana states, Wisconsin Gov. Rick Walker's Medicaid drug testing plan has virtually no public support, and more.