Drug War Chronicle

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No cops got arrested this week for drug prohibition-related corruption, but a few got convicted, and one got sentenced.

It was a relatively quiet week in Mexico's drug wars -- only a hundred people killed -- but Ciudad Juarez continues to live up to its reputation as one of the world's deadliest cities.

Conservatives for sentencing reform? Who woulda thunk it? But that's what's happening.

The next round of pot legalization initiatives is getting off the ground in the Pacific Northwest.

State and federal courts have been grappling with the issue of whether police need a warrant to install a GPS tracking device on a vehicle. Now it may be headed for the Supreme Court.

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

Now, here's a shocker: An Illinois study finds that blacks are five times more likely to be sent to prison for drug possession than whites.

Iran is already one of the world's leading death penalty countries, but it has been hanging drug offenders at a record pace so far this year.

Confronted with a new synthetic stimulant drug, a US senator reflexively reaches for the ban button.