Drug War Chronicle #676 - March 24, 2011

Phillip S. Smith, Editor - David Borden, Executive Director
From Dover to Olympia, medical marijuana is on the move. (Image via Wikimedia.org)
From Dover to Olympia, medical marijuana is on the move. (Image via Wikimedia.org)

Medical Marijuana Bills Advance in Delaware, Washington

Bills that would allow state-licensed medical marijuana dispensaries are moving in Washington, which already has a medical marijuana law, and Delaware, which doesn't.

Did You Know? 71 Peer-Reviewed Medical Marijuana Studies, on ProCon.org

MedicalMarijuana.ProCon.org, part of the ProCon.org family, is an in-depth web site presenting information and views from a variety of perspectives on the medical marijuana issue. The Chronicle is running a six-part series of info items from ProCon.org, and we encourage you to check it out.
Common sense at the statehouse in Little Rock (Image via Wikimedia.org)
Common sense at the statehouse in Little Rock (Image via Wikimedia.org)

Arkansas Unemployment Drug Testing Bill Dies

The perennial legislative impulse to drug test people receiving public benefits has petered out this year in Little Rock.
US surveillance drones now in use over Mexico
US surveillance drones now in use over Mexico

Mexico Drug War Update

The US ambassador to Mexico resigns over Wikileaks, Mexico acknowledges allowing unmanned US surveillance drones over Mexico, a prominent trafficker is killed, a well-known musician is wounded. And of course, the threats and the carnage that have become usual since Calderon intensified the Mexican drug war continue unabated.
drug cash sometimes corrupts cops (image via Wikimedia)
drug cash sometimes corrupts cops (image via Wikimedia)

This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

Jail guards, probation officers, narcs, deputies, DARE officers, ICE agents -- it's corrupt cops gone wild this week!
Not everyone is buying HPD's version of events (Image via Wikimedia)
Not everyone is buying HPD's version of events (Image via Wikimedia)

Two More Killed in US Drug Enforcement Incidents

It's only mid-March, but 19 people, including two law enforcement officers, have already died in drug enforcement-related incidents this year. The latest deaths came last Wednesday in Houston and Tulsa.
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This Week in History

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