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Drug War Chronicle

Comprehensive coverage of the War on Drugs since 1997

  • police officer with drug dog, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
    police officer with drug dog, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

    This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

    Oh, temptation, such a torment for the weak-willed. A South Carolina cop peddle's his drug dog's training dope, an Iowa cop gets caught with a bunch of coke, and a Florida trooper is profiling out-of-state pain patients and stealing their medicine.
  • Jodi James at work
    Jodi James at work

    Veteran Drug Reformer Wins Florida House Primary

    A face we're used to seeing at drug reform conferences will now be plastered on campaign posters as Floridian Jodi James wins her state House Democratic primary and focuses on knocking off the Republican incumbent.
  • municipal building, San Fernando, Tamaulipas
    municipal building, San Fernando, Tamaulipas

    Mexico Drug War Update

    The discovery of the bodies of 72 people, probably Central American immigrants, on a farm not far from the US border, is the latest gruesome "top that" moment in Mexico's unending prohibition-related violence.