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This Week in History
Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.
Drug War Chronicle
Comprehensive coverage of the War on Drugs since 1997
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at-the-devils-table-200px.jpgChronicle Book Review: At The Devil's Table
With "At the Devil's Table," investigative journalist William Rempel takes the reader on a ride to the dark heart of the Cali cartel. And what a ride it is! -
pile-of-cash_27.jpgThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A sheriff whose alleged theft from the evidence room might be excused, a prison guard who also heads a violent biker gang, another prison guard with dope and an eye for the ladies, a pill peddling suburban cop, and a bribe-taking small town cop all make the rogues' gallery this week. -
screening of "10 Rules for Dealing with Police," NAACP national conference, July 2010NAACP Calls for End to War on Drugs
In a historic step, the nation's largest and oldest black advocacy group has formally come out against the war on drugs. -
You could grow 25 of these tax-free under a new California initiative. (image courtesy the author)California Marijuana Legalization Initiative Approved for Petitioning
The first horse is out of the gate in the California 2012 marijuana legalization initiative sweepstakes. -
Medical_THC_12.jpgMedical Marijuana Group Appeals DEA Rescheduling Decision
Americans for Safe Access is appealing in the federal courts the DEA's decision to keep marijuana Schedule I under the Controlled Substances Act. -
Pot leaf_9.jpgCanada Marijuana Arrests Jump Dramatically
Marijuana arrests jumped in Canada last year, and activists want to know why. -
800px-Urine_sample_5.jpgNational Poll Finds Support for Welfare Drug Testing
Americans feel pretty strongly that welfare applicants and recipients should be subject to drug testing, according to a new poll, but the findings could be skewed. -
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) has signed a bill designed to reduce drug overdose fatalities. (image via wikimedia.org)Cuomo Signs NY Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Bill
Faced with rising drug overdose deaths, New York is the latest -- and largest -- state to pass a 911 Good Samaritan law allowing people to seek help without fear of prosecution. -
to-die-in-mexico.jpgChronicle Book Review: To Die in Mexico
We review John Gibler's To Die in Mexico: Dispatches from Inside the Drug War and find it very powerful and disturbing indeed.