Drug War Chronicle

Mexican President Calderon admitted this week that the state of Veracruz had been left to the cartels. Meanwhile, the killing continues without let up.

A quiet week on the corrupt cops front this week, with only two reports. But one of them raises interesting questions: Why does a drug task force commander who steals from suspects and tries to cover up his crimes only get probation, when suspects potentially face prison?

The Drug Policy Alliance is hiring a new Policy Associate for the Office of National Affairs in Washington, DC.

The skies over California's medical marijuana industry may be dark and stormy, but the feds can't keep the sunshine away forever, well-placed activists say.

The feds continue their war on medical marijuana distribution in California, with two new DEA raids Monday and the use of asset forfeiture threats to shut down eight dispensaries in Orange County.

Half of all Americans now support marijuana legalization, according to the latest Gallup poll. There is majority support in every region of the country except the South.

California's largest doctors' group has called for marijuana legalization, making it the first in the nation to do so.

An Illinois man died in police custody after swallowing drugs during a drug arrest. The death comes only weeks after the city paid out big for letting a man die in similar circumstances last year.

NYPD narcs routintely planted drugs on innocent people, a former narc testified in court this week. That's a shocker -- not.

The feds are backing up last week's medical marijuana threats with actions -- sometimes by themselves, sometimes with the DEA working in tandem with local officials.