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Comprehensive coverage of the War on Drugs since 1997

  • The Dutch government doesn't want your business. (image via Wikimedia)
    The Dutch government doesn't want your business. (image via Wikimedia)

    Dutch Want to Ban Foreigners From Marijuana Coffee Shops

    The election of a rightist governing coalition in the Netherlands will result in the banning of foreigners from the country's famous coffee shops. Are windmills and tulips enough to get you to go?
  • meet the new boss, same as the old boss
    meet the new boss, same as the old boss

    Senate Holds Hearings on Controversial DEA Nominee [FEATURE]

    Despite facilitating perjury, prosecuting medical marijuana cases, blocking research, and sitting on rescheduling petitions, Michelle Leonhart's nomination as DEA adminstrator sailed through the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday.
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    This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

    More Jail Guards Gone Wild! Plus a Georgia cop gets caught with his hand in the cookie jar, and three Maryland cops get nailed for their shenanigans.
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    Ciudad Juarez

    Mexico Drug War Update

    Running gun battles in Matamoros, hundreds of residents fleeing a town in Tamaulipas, and Ciudad Juarez retains its title as Murder City. Oh, and this year's death toll just passed 9,000.
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    US Senate

    National Call-In Alert: The National Criminal Justice Commission Act

    Sen. Jim Webb's bill to create a bipartisan National Criminal Justice Commission has passed the House of Representatives and the Senate Judiciary Committee. Your phone calls to US Senators could be what gets the bill passed this year, and the top-to-bottom review of the criminal justice system started.
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    This Week in History

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