Drug War Chronicle

A suburban Phoenix photographer was shot and killed by police on a drug raid Wednesday afternoon. His friends are skeptical of the official version of events.

The overall US prison population continues an achingly slow decline even as the federal prison population continues to expand, but there are still more than 330,000 drug war prisoners in America, and that's not even counting the jails.

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If you have an interest in American history and how we got to where we are with the war on drugs, you need to read Smuggler Nation. You'll be glad you did.

New Hampshire becomes the 19th medical marijuana state, some folks in Kentucky would like it to become one, too; and the local tussling continues in California. And in late news, the DEA strikes in Washington State.

Four of the seven law enforcement personnel making our hall of shame this week were women. You've come a long way, ladies!

New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan has signed the medical marijuana bill into law. All of New England is now medical marijuana territory.

An Oklahoma prosecutor's scheme to let a private security contractor profit from highway drug stop asset seizures has come unravelled amidst charges of "policing for profit" and "policing for private profit."

Kentucky state Sen. Perry Clark will introduce his medical marijuana bill for the third time in January, but there is a hearing in August, and Clark and supporters are bringing the noise.