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Drug War Chronicle

Comprehensive coverage of the War on Drugs since 1997

  • Prohibition's filthy lucre is too much for some to resist (Image via Wikimedia)
    Prohibition's filthy lucre is too much for some to resist (Image via Wikimedia)

    This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

    Cops stealing drug money, jail guards smuggling dope, deputies helping traffickers... and narcs gone wild in Peoria. Just another week in the drug war.
  • Vancouver's Insite safe injection site on East Hastings Street (Image courtesy Vancouver Coastal Health)
    Vancouver's Insite safe injection site on East Hastings Street (Image courtesy Vancouver Coastal Health)

    Vancouver Safe Injection Site Saves Lives, Report Finds

    A new study of Vancouver drug overdoses shows they have decreased dramatically in the Downtown Eastside since a safe injection site opened there.
  • Marc Emery leading a rally in Calgary during happier times (image via wikimedia.org)
    Marc Emery leading a rally in Calgary during happier times (image via wikimedia.org)

    Marc Emery Denied Transfer to Canadian Prison

    Canadian marijuana activist Marc Emery will not be allowed to do his time in Canada because of "the seriousness of the offense" and "law enforcement concerns."
  • Welfare recipients are the latest targets of Florida politicos. (Image via Wikimedia.org)
    Welfare recipients are the latest targets of Florida politicos. (Image via Wikimedia.org)

    Florida Welfare Drug Testing Bills Advance

    Florida legislators want to make poor people take a drug test -- and pay for it -- before they can get public benefits.
  • Gov. Schweitzer heeds the will of the voters, not the legislature.
    Gov. Schweitzer heeds the will of the voters, not the legislature.

    Montana Governor Vetoes Medical Marijuana Repeal

    Montana's Republican legislature wanted to repeal the state's voter-approved medical marijuana law, but the Democratic governor struck it down with the veto pen.
  • Ontario marijuana grow (RCMP)
    Ontario marijuana grow (RCMP)

    Ontario Court Overturns Canada's Marijuana Law [FEATURE]

    A court in Ontario has struck down Canada's marijuana law, saying it prevented patients from gaining access to their medicine. Now, the government has 90 days to respond before pot is legal in Ontario.
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    This Week in History

    Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.
  • Drug prohibition funds the mayhem in Mexico. (Image via Wikimedia.org)
    Drug prohibition funds the mayhem in Mexico. (Image via Wikimedia.org)

    Mexico Drug War Update

    Just when you thought it couldn't possibly get worse... 116 bodies turn up in a series of mass graves just south of the border.