Drug War Chronicle

Despite more than a decade of reformist pressures, the drug war juggernaut continues to roll along, as the FBI's most recent arrest numbers show.

Cambodia has been criticized for its inhumane drug treatment centers, but is winning praise for opening its first methadone clinic.

A state senator with progressive drug policy stances has won the Democratic nomination for attorney general in New York.

Two Democratic veteran prosecutors are running for prosecutor in Snohomish County, Washington. One is running as a drug reformer. Can his stance lead him to victory?

Former Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez is the latest global political figure to come out for drug legalization.

The United Kingdom's top cannabis researcher has come out in support of legalizing the weed. Will the government start listening?

25 people were murdered across Ciudad Juarez last Thursday, the bloodiest single-day total in the city's history. Meanwhile the body count in Mexico's drug war in 2010 approaches the 8,000 mark.

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

One narcotics supervisor sexually assaults a female snitch, another makes off with the drug buy money. A pair of jail guards go down after getting caught having sex in a car in a parking lot. And that's just for starters.

It's the changing of the guard at the UNODC. As of Monday, a veteran Russian diplomat now runs one of the backbones of the global drug prohibition regime.