Drug War Chronicle

Medical marijuana is now one vote away from being legal in the Czech Republic after legislation passed the lower house of Parliament.

A second poll in as many weeks shows limited support for federal intervention in Colorado and Washington, and a majority saying the feds should butt out.

An armed apparent marijuana dealer was shot and killed by Georgia police after he refused to put down his gun. That's drug war death #62 so far this year.

It's a historic day. Marijuana possession is now legal in Washington state, and will be in Colorado, too, within a few weeks.

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Yet another poll with majority support for marijuana legalization, and this time the pollster says it's "just a matter of time."

Yes, it's true: Medical marijuana dispensaries really are coming in Arizona and New Jersey, and clinics to Massachusetts. Meanwhile, Harborside wins in state court, and Mendocino County ponders a federal subpoena. There's more news, too.

Greed strikes down a pair of cops, including a Bay Area drug task force commander, and two more go down because of dope habits they picked up along the way.

Yet another poll shows that support for marijuana legalization has reached the tipping point.

25 to life for drug possession? Not anymore, not under California's now amended Three Strikes law. The first drug prisoner to be released after voters approved Prop 36 last month is now a free man.