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Drug War Chronicle #669 - February 3, 2011

Phillip S. Smith, Editor - David Borden, Executive Director
Black market profits fuel deadly violence. Who could ever have predicted that? (Image via Wikimedia)
Black market profits fuel deadly violence. Who could ever have predicted that? (Image via Wikimedia)

Mexico Drug War Update

It was a relatively quiet week in Mexico's drug wars -- only a hundred people killed -- but Ciudad Juarez continues to live up to its reputation as one of the world's deadliest cities.
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Bolivians Hold Coca "Chew-Ins" Opposing UN Ban

As the US, UK, and Sweden file formal objections to Bolivian efforts to amend the UN 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs to end the proscription on coca leaf chewing, Bolivians take to the streets.
International Anti-Drugs Day drug burn, Tehran
International Anti-Drugs Day drug burn, Tehran

Iran in Drug Offender Execution Frenzy

Iran is already one of the world's leading death penalty countries, but it has been hanging drug offenders at a record pace so far this year.
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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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