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Senate Unanimously Confirms Leonhart as DEA Head
Acting DEA head Michele Leonhart won unanimous approval from the Senate Wednesday to head the agency permanently.
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San Malverde, Mexico's patron saint of narco-traffickersThis Year's Top 10 International Drug Policy Stories
It's been a busy year on the global drug policy front. Here, we look at some of the biggest stories. -
fire truck lent by Dr. Bronner's for SSDP/Prop 19 campus tourThis Year's Top 10 Domestic Drug Policy Stories
This was your year on drugs. Or at least, your year in drug policy reform. Here's our top 10 drug policy issues of the year. -
pile-of-cash_3.jpgThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
From the Rio Grande Valley to New York City, it's more cops gone wild this week. -
zetas-wanted.jpgMexico Drug War Update
More than 12,000 dead in Mexico's prohibition-related violence as of November 30, according to the Mexican attorney general, and more than 30,000 since Calderon called out the troops in December 2006. -
stdwstats-nov10-large.jpgPlease Make a Year-End Gift for Our 2011 Campaigns
Help bring about the brighter future that awaits us beyond prohibition, by making a tax-deductible educational donation or a non-deductible lobbying donation before year's end. -
israel-medical-marijuana-flag_0.jpgPatients Protest Israel's First Medical Marijuana Raid
An Israeli police raid on a medical marijuana dispensary has sparked protests in Tel Aviv. -
(image courtesy Sensible Washington)Marijuana Legalization Billboard Goes Up on I-5 Near Seattle
Now, there's a sight for sore eyes! A huge pot legalization billboard has gone up on I-5 outside Seattle. -
Bob Ainsworth breaks ranks with drug prohibition. (image courtesy Wikimedia)Former British Drug Czar Says Legalize It All
The debate over British drug policy heats up again as a Labor stalwart who served as drug czar and defense minister calls for legalization. -
not business as usual at the courthouse in Missoula (image courtesy Wikimedia)Montana Marijuana Prosecution Runs into Jury Pool "Mutiny"
You've heard of jury nullification? How about jury pool nullification? That's basically what happened to a small-time marijuana charge in Montana last week.