Drug War Chronicle

A lot of federal crack prisoners are going to get out early after the US Sentencing Commission made sentencing guideline amendments reducing crack sentences retroactive. That's a big deal.

There is a new effort underway to put a pot legalization initiative on the ballot in Washington state next year.

Musician Jimmy Tebeau bought a rural Missouri property and turned into a concert venue called Camp Zoe. Now, the feds want to seize it and jail Tebeau over allegations of drug use and sales at concerts there.

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

Mexico's president feels "misunderstood" about his bloody drug war, but the killings continue despite his hurt feelings.

Signature-gathering is about to get underway for an effort to overturn or suspend Montana's harsh new medical marijuana law.

New Zealand's marijuana reform community has seen one of its leading lights jailed for eight months, but that never stopped Dakta Green before.

Ah, the crooked prison guards are back. We missed them last week, but we knew they wouldn't stay away long.

When confronted with new intoxicating substances, legislators' prohibitionist reflexes kick in. Just ask fake pot and "bath salts" users.

A bipartisan group of US Representatives has introduced Congress's first marijuana legalization bill. Please visit our action alert web site to take action in support.