Drug War Chronicle

The House of Representatives is poised to pass two drug war bills, one banning synthetic marijuana and stimulants, the other criminalizing planning to do something abroad that would violate US drug laws if done here.

Busy, busy, busy! Quite a crew of miscreants this week, including a former national Sheriff of the Year.

An undercover operation on an Amtrak train in Dallas left one man dead, this year's 47th domestic US drug war fatality.

A bill that would allow for the purchase of up to 10 syringes without a prescription at pharmacies has passed the New Jersey legislature and awaits the governor's signature.

The New York Times reports that the DEA has laundered millions in drug profits for Mexican drug cartels as part of its investigations into them.

A New York man is dead after struggling with a cop who caught him smoking pot in a campus bathroom stall.

No "Frankenfungi" for the drug warriors just yet -- we don't know enough about the dangers of using mycoherbicides to eradicate drug crops to be doing that, a panel of scientists from the National Research Council says.

Czechs will be able to grow peyote and magic mushrooms under reforms in the drug laws approved by the Cabinet this week.

Facing prohibition-generated violence, the Honduran government has given the military full domestic policing powers.

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