Drug War Chronicle

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

A Kentucky sheriff gets caught with his hand in the cookie jar, a Texas deputy gets busted for protecting a drug dealer, two Southern California cops get nailed for doing robberies disguised as drug busts, and a small-town Wisconsin cop lets her crack habit get the best of her.

Another bloody week in Ciudad Juarez and another rough week for Mexican police.

Two recent polls have Prop 19 losing. Is this the "Reverse Bradley Effect" at work? Let's hope so.

George Soros has come through with a million bucks for Prop 19. This last minute boost could put the measure over the top.

There are two major party candidates for governor in New York. Guess which one opposes medical marijuana.

The California Chamber of Commerce doesn't want employers to lose the ability to fire unimpaired workers who fail a drug test for pot, so it's now throwing $250,000 into an anti-Prop 19 radio ad campaign.

As the Prop 19 campaign heads into its final days, it is releasing evidence that California's pot laws are disproportionately aimed at minorities. Today, a report on black pot arrests; next week, one on Latino pot arrests.

The Yes On 19 campaign Friday released an internal poll showing that likely voters support the initiative to control and tax marijuana by a margin of 56-41 when presented with an automated questionnaire but are less likely to state their support to live interviewers.

Two out of three polls this week show Prop 19 trailing, and today's LA Times/USC poll has the worst numbers yet. Ongoing get-out-the-vote efforts, or a late turnout surge, would be the initiative's best chance to free the weed this year.