Drug War Chronicle

And so it begins. Prosecutors in two of Washington's most populous counties have said they are dismissing pending marijuana possession cases in the wake of last Tuesday's victory for I-502.

The marijuana legalization votes in Colorado and Washington have Mexican officials wondering just why they're fighting the drug wars.

There have been victories before in drug policy reform, but what happened this week is different.

Week after week, the beat goes on. Here's the latest on the bad cop front.

There was medical marijuana-related election news -- see our Chronicle coverage this week -- but the ongoing battles over medical marijuana also continued.

Here's the lowdown on a mixed bag of election results for drug-related state and local initiatives and public policy questions.

Not one, but two states voted Tuesday to end marijuana prohibition. Initiatives passed in Colorado and Washington, but came up short in Oregon.

The results were still coming in Tuesday night, but by a couple of hours after the polls had closed, medical marijuana was cruising to victory in Massachusetts. It will become the 18th medical marijuana state.

What do pot-growing Kentucky good ol' boys and crack-slinging South Central LA hustlers have in common? We review a pair of new books and make the connections.