Drug War Chronicle

Están en marcha las labores para legalizar la marihuana medicinal a través del proceso legislativo en varios estados. Vamos a ver cómo andan esas labores y en qué probablemente resultarán.

Mientras la Comisión de Drogas Narcóticas de la ONU se reunía esta semana en Viena, ella y sus agencias antidrogas hermanas sufrieron ataques virulentos por sacrificar los derechos humanos en el altar de la lucha contra la droga.

As the UN's Commission on Narcotic Drugs met this week in Vienna, it and its brother UN anti-drug agencies came under fierce attack for sacrificing human rights on the altar of the drug war.

Efforts to legalize medical marijuana via the legislative process are underway in several states. We take a look at where those efforts stand and where they're likely headed.

The Second Chance Act passed the Senate Tuesday night. It passed the House last year, and President Bush is expected to sign it into law shortly. It will provide $360 million for prisoner re-entry services in a bid to reduce recidivism.

The conservative Dutch government will review the country's 30-year experiment with pragmatic tolerance of marijuana use and sales, and the Justice Minister has announced he wants to ban "grow shops."

The Vatican has issued a modern version of the "seven deadly sins," and selling and using drugs made the list.

The Bolivian government has responded to the International Narcotics Control Board's demand last week that coca chewing and growing be banned by publicizing plans to enlarge markets for coca products.

A bill that would expand eligibility for diversion to drug court has passed the New Jersey legislature. Gov. Jon Corzine (D) is expected to sign it shortly.

A crooked Boston cop is headed for prison, a sticky-fingered Indianapolis cop now faces charges, and the trial of two Maryland prisoners accused of killing a guard is opening a window into corruption in the now shuttered House of Corrections.