Drug War Chronicle

Holland's conservative justice minister has announced a plan to reclassify high-potency marijuana as a hard drug like heroin or cocaine and bar it from being sold in the country's famous cannabis coffee shops.

Two out of three Canadians want marijuana law reform, according to a new poll. That's in line with other recent polling, but out of whack with the policies of the Conservative government.

Which state will be the next to legalize marijuana? Activists in Montana are taking steps to make it happen there in 2014.

An undercover heroin bust gone bad in Cincinnati has left one young man dead, one wounded, and one on the run.

Even as Uruguay moves to create a system of state-regulated marijuana commerce, legislators from across the political spectrum are calling for the legalization of all drugs in a bid to blunt the threat from the drug trade.

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Now that Colorado and Washington have blown open the door, legislators in New England are rushing to be the next to legalize marijuana.

Colorado's congressional delegation is demonstrating that it heard the voice of the voters loudly and clearly on the topic of marijuana legalization. Letters are going out, bills are being filed.

We have a trio of corrupt cops this week, including a former sheriff and a former police chief.

Adding to the chorus calling for the Obama administration to "do the right thing" and let Colorado and Washington proceed with legalizing and regulating marijuana, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition delivered a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday.