The drug war has become an issue in the Kentucky Senate race after Republican Rand Paul attacked federal funding of drug task forces.

Despite some confusing reporting in the past couple of weeks, the bottom line in Germany is "no" to medical marijuana, but "yes" to Sativex.

Colombian President Santos agrees with Mexican President Calderon that it's time for a debate on drug legalization--and California's Prop 19 is weighing on his mind.

The big news in Mexico this week was the capture of "La Barbie," a major figure in the drug wars. Will it make any difference?

A pioneering Swiss cannabis/hemp activist, Bernard Rappaz, has renewed his hunger strike after being re-imprisoned by Swiss authorities.

Oh, temptation, such a torment for the weak-willed. A South Carolina cop peddle's his drug dog's training dope, an Iowa cop gets caught with a bunch of coke, and a Florida trooper is profiling out-of-state pain patients and stealing their medicine.

The marijuana extract Sativex has been approved to treat another condition in Canada. That makes three.

In California, small time pot possession is still a misdemeanor even though the maximum sentence is a $100 fine. The legislature has just passed a bill to fully decriminalize it by making it an infraction.

A Detroit pot legalization initiative had enough signatures to qualify for the ballot, but a city commission disqualified it, and now a local judge has agreed. An appeal may come, but it may be too late.

Las Vegas is most definitely not on the way to becoming Amsterdam-in-the-Desert, if a new poll is to be believed.

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