Drug War Chronicle

Ecstasy adulterated with PMMA is killing people in western Canada.

Threat letters from federal prosecutors have gone out to 23 Colorado medical marijuana dispensaries that are within 1,000 feet of schools. They have 45 days to shut down or face forfeiture and possible prosecution.

The murders, raids, and arrests continue, without making any apparent difference in anything.

Here's the latest medical marijuana news from around the country. There's a whole lot going on.

Peru's drug czar has been fired for being insufficiently enthusiastic about eradicating coca crops.

The Dutch government will ban khat, a plant favored by Somali and Yemeni immigrants for its mild stimulative properties.

An increase in police deaths by gunfire last year and the bloody Ogden, Utah, drug raid that left one officer dead last week are causing some police to think again about the utility of aggressive drug raids.

Michigan medical marijuana patients are tired of getting pushed around by state officials, so they've come up with a novel solution: Just repeal the marijuana laws once and for all. An initiative that would do that is getting underway now.

Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.

Cops continue to have problems keeping their hands off the drugs they come across. And they're developing problems with prescription pills, too.