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Cuando los agentes de represión a los estupefacientes de Atlanta mataron a tiros a la nonagenaria Kathryn Johnston el mes de noviembre último tras decirle falsamente a un magistrado que un informante les había dado su dirección como hueco de drogas, ellos abrieron una ventana para una parte muy sombría del sistema estadounidense de justicia penal. Ahora, el Congreso le ha echado un vistazo y algunos parlamentarios importantes están listos para refrenar el sistema de soplones.

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Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has announced that his government will deemphasize aerial spraying of coca crops and emphasize manual eradication. The move comes as Congress ponders ways to cut funding for the drug war in Colombia.

When Atlanta narcotics officers shot and killed 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston last November after falsely telling a magistrate an informant had named her address as a drug hot-spot, they opened a window on a very shady part of the American criminal justice system. Now, Congress has taken a look and some key members are ready to rein in the snitch system.

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

A high-level State Department official said last week that the US will shift its opium eradication policy in Afghanistan, but there is less there than meets the eye.

This week, we mark the 70th anniversary of federal marijuana prohibition. We would much rather be writing its obituary.