Drug War Chronicle

Iran has already executed more than 125 people for drug trafficking so far this year, and more than 300 await the hangman. It claims that's the only way to stop the flow of drugs destined for Europe.

Police found no drugs in the home of a veteran they shot and killed in a May 5 drug raid in Tucson.

If you want to experience the cannabis coffee shops of Amsterdam, book your ticket now. Next year will be too late, as Holland gives the finger to pot-loving visitors.

A bipartisan group of congressman have introduced three bills designed to end federal persecution of medical marijuana patients and providers and to treat medical marijuana businesses like any others.

Will Colorado legalize weed in 2012? A broad array of state and national reform groups have just filed initiatives that would do precisely that.

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

Drug-related police corruption comes in many varieties. We've got several this week.

After more than four year's of Calderon's drug war, there is no end in sight to the violence.

Citing yet another threatening letter from a US Attorney, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is seeking clarity in the federal courts and is poised to put the kibosh on dispensary licensing, at least for now.

First, the feds scared the governor into vetoing most of a successful dispensary and patient registry bill. Now, time has run out on later efforts to get something out of the legislature in Olympia this year.