Drug War Chronicle

New year, new body count in Mexico's seemingly unending prohibition-related violence. It's up to 136 so far this year.

Despite a nationwide emergency ban by the DEA, some state legislators still feel impelled to ban synthetic cannabinoids at the state level.

One Nebraska state senator has identified a grave threat to the Cornhusker State: Welfare recipients on drugs.

Who could have foreseen this? Laws designed to limit illicit meth production by tracking cold pill purchased have led to a whole new black market, the AP reports.

The Illinois House has shot down a medical marijuana bill already passed by the state Senate, but there is an outside chance it could still get another shot this session.

The Atlantic's Andrew Sullivan popular blog The Daily Dish has been the home of quite a debate about marijuana in the last year and a half. Now, "The Cannabis Closet" lets us in on the conversation.

While small-time meth criminals face years in prison, a wealthy corporation complicit in the trade walks away with a fine. Is it a case of you can have all the justice you can buy? Or does the system just focus on the easiest victims?

A Massachusetts SWAT team member killed an elderly Framingham man during a drug raid Wednesday morning. It was the first of 2011, but it probably won't be the last. With your help, the Chronicle will be reporting on every one.

The Associated Press has done a remarkably series of articles on the failures of the drug war. Here's a brief look at the first three -- and an invitation to read them all the way through.

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