Drug War Chronicle

In a case with national implications, a prominent pain physician jailed as a drug dealer has won a right to a new trial.

A long-time drug reform activist opines on Drug War Chronicle's inspirational value.

Nearly 1,800 people have already signed up as DRCNet "friends" on MySpace even though this is the first public announcement about it.

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Local initiatives that would make adult marijuana offenses the lowest law enforcement priority have made the ballot in Missoula, Montana, and three California cities.

A poll done by one of Brazil's leading newspapers suggests that marijuana legalization has a long way to go.

We have a Southern trifecta this week, with missing evidence in Alabama, a rogue task force in Mississippi, and a drug-dealing jail guard in Louisiana.

The Chinese government this week began discussing what would be that country's first law aimed specifically at controlling drug abuse.

A bill that would allow legal hemp production in California has passed both houses and now awaits the governor's signature.

The federal case against medical marijuana refugee Renee Boje has ended not with a bang but with a whimper as, after eight years, the feds let her cop to a plea for possession of a 1/2 gram of pot.