Drug War Chronicle

Texas Democrats managed to kill a welfare drug testing bill, but were unable to stop an unemployment benefits drug testing bill. It now awaits the signature of Gov. Rick Perry (R).

A Fort Worth man sleeping on his couch ended up being tasered to death by police in a drug raid in which no drugs were found.

A Peruvian government push into a remote area to eradicate coca production there is being met by calls for armed resistance.

France's first supervised drug injection site is coming to Paris and should be open by the fall, local officials said Thursday.

Colorado has taken another giant step toward establishing a legal, regulated marijuana market for adults as Gov. John Hickenlooper signed into law a package of bills designed to implement the will of the voters.

Medical marijuana has passed both houses of the New Hampshire legislature, but there are differences that will have to be resolved in conference committee.

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From the US Supreme Court to the local city council chambers, medical marijuana continues to be a contentious issue. Here's the latest.

Sequestration is hobbling the military's ability to catch cocaine-smugglers headed for the US, the commander of the Joint Interagency Task Force complained Wednesday.