Drug War Chronicle

A former Mexican governor admitted that the previous PRI government negotiated deals with drug cartels to keep the peace. Was that a better strategy than what Calderon is doing now?

It's been more than a year since medical marijuana became the law of the land in New Jersey, but the fight goes on.

A second deputy US marshal has been killed trying to apprehend a drug suspect this year. The fugitive was also killed. They are the year's 14th and 15th deaths related to drug law enforcement.

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

It's a veritable cornucopia of drug-related law enforcement corruption! We don't even know where to begin -- just jump in, but don't forget to take a shower after you're done.

Being the subject of a drug search warrant proved fatal for a young Massachusetts man last Friday.

Faced with a staggering corrections budget, Kentucky has become the latest state to enact substantive sentencing reforms.

MedicalMarijuana.ProCon.org, part of the ProCon.org family, is an in-depth web site presenting information and views from a variety of perspectives on the medical marijuana issue. The Chronicle is running a series of info items from ProCon.org over the next several weeks, and we encourage you to check it out.

Scotland's Liberal Democrats want to reduce the harm to users and society alike by making heroin available through prescription.

The disaster that is Mexico's drug war has moved a Council on Foreign Relations scholar to call for the US to rethink its failed drug policies.