parthenon_36.gif This Week in History Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.
The profits of prohibition fuel the violence in Mexico. (Image via Wikimedia.org) Mexico Drug War Update Last Wednesday was a bloody day in Nuevo Leon, and last weekend was a bloody one in Michoacan. And those are just the high-lights.
There will be no drug testing of residents at Lake Parc Place or any other CHA properties. (Image courtesy CHA) CHA Drops Plan to Drug Test Public Housing Residents The Chicago Housing Authority's proposal to require suspicionless drug tests for public housing residents excited lots of opposition. Now it's dead.
pile-of-cash_22.jpg This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories It never ends, does it? Another week, another set of crooked cops. At least this week, the jail and prison guards managed to stay out of the news.
hampton-police-badge.jpg Virginia Police Kill Old Man in Pill Raid A creaky, half-blind, 69-year-old Virginia man is dead after shooting at police raiding his home for pain pills.
Marching to the end the drug war in San Francisco (Image courtesy the author) Rallies, Vigils Mark 40 Years of Failed Drug War [FEATURE] From sea to shining sea, people took to the streets for protests and vigils to mark the 40th anniversary of Nixon's war on drugs.
The Bombay High Court in Mumbai (Image via Wikimedia.org) India Court Nixes Mandatory Death Penalty for Drug Offenses An Indian regional appeals court has struck down a mandatory death penalty for drug offenses. That's the first time any court anywhere has done so.
800px-Urine_sample_2.jpg Scott Suspends Florida State Employee Drug Testing Florida's drug testing-crazed governor has backed down from a plan to subject state employees to suspicionless drug tests.
Sao Paulo (image via Wikimedia) Brazil Supreme Court Rules Pro-Marijuana Marches Are Legal Last month, police in Sao Paulo attacked marijuana legalization marchers after their march was banned. Next year, they won't be able to do that.
Pot leaf_5.jpg Gov. Christie Puts Hold on NJ Medical Marijuana Program Will New Jersey medical marijuana patients ever gain legal access to their medicine? Eighteen months after the law was passed, Gov. Christie appears bent on delaying it as long as possible.