News Brief

A former Michigan sheriff turned Republican legislator has introduced a bill that would allow for the roadside drug testing of suspect drivers.

It's the changing of the guard at the UNODC. As of Monday, a veteran Russian diplomat now runs one of the backbones of the global drug prohibition regime.

A six-pack of marijuana defense attorneys had plenty of blunt advice for pot growers, sellers, and smokers.

A tea party insurgent running for the Kentucky Republican gubernatorial nomination said last week he support hemp production. That makes two hempsters in the 2011 race.

The United Kingdom's top cannabis researcher has come out in support of legalizing the weed. Will the government start listening?

One narcotics supervisor sexually assaults a female snitch, another makes off with the drug buy money. A pair of jail guards go down after getting caught having sex in a car in a parking lot. And that's just for starters.

With disagreement over strategy from some sectors of the Washington state reform community, Sensible Washington failed to attract the support needed to get its pot legalization initiative on the ballot this year. Now they're aiming for November 2011.

Possessing up to four grams of crack or 14 grams of powder cocaine is just a misdemeanor in Maine, and the Portland police chief wants to change that.

If anyone needs a reason to consider voting "yes" on California's Proposition 19, we've got 550,000 of them right here.

Why do I feel like I just keep writing the same stories of law enforcement venality over and over again? More crooked jail guards, more sticky-fingered cops, more cops on the take, and another pervert power-tripper cop.