Drug War Chronicle

It's silly season in Peruvian presidential politics: First, a candidate gets attacked for saying he wants to decriminalize when Peru already has decriminalization, then it's a demand for candidate drug tests.

Colombian President Santos has signaled a willingness to put drug legalization on the table. The Colombian courts may do part of the job for him.

Reactionaries won a victory in Helena Thursday, but medical marijuana is far from done for Montana.

A 25-year-old Colorado man has been shot and killed by Aurora Police undercover officers. He was carrying two guns, but it's not clear if he fired or brandished them.

Ding, dong, the bill is dead! Canada's Conservative government has been blocked once again in its effort to pass a bill creating mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses.

California has a well-deserved reputation for being on the cutting edge of social change. What are the prospects for drug reform there now?

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

Two El Paso teenagers were among the victims of prohibition-related violence in Mexico this past week. The death toll since Calderon took office is now at more than 35,000.

A Wisconsin narc crosses the line, and cops in Houston and Philadelphia pay for getting too greedy.

The Islamic Republic is resorting to the same old hard-line tactics as it confronts a new -- to Iran -- drug threat.