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Look Who's Got the Antidote to Trump's Prescription for Global Drug War [FEATURE]
The former heads of state behind the Global Commission on Drugs, that's who.
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pile-of-cash_180_160.jpgThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
It's prison guards gone bad this week, plus a crooked NYPD cop, and more. -
The Mexican military disarms all the cops in Acapulco amidst allegations of drug gang links. (Creative Commons)Chronicle AM: Bad Drug Bill Dropped From Fed Opioid Package, Acapulco Cops Disarmed, More... (9/26/18)
A bad provision gets stripped out of the congressional opioid package, a Pennsylvania legislator files a legalization bill, Mexican Marines disarm Acapulco cops, and more. -
MMJ leaf and stethoscope KY ODCP_151_187.jpgMedical Marijuana Update
It's been pretty quiet on the medical marijuana front this week, but the DEA has okayed the importation of Canadian marijuana for research purposes, and more. -
The president goes to the UN to try to push global drug policy backward. (Creative Commons/Gage Skidmore)Trump's Terrible, No Good Plan to Gin Up Worldwide Drug War [FEATURE]
Heâs at the UN to call for a more regressive global drug policy. -
Senator Trillanes at our March 2018 event (photo courtesy Joey Tranchina)Statement: Philippine Court Fails Crucial Test
StoptheDrugWar.org condemns the Duterte administration's illegal move to imprison a second prominent drug war critic, and the court system's strained logic going along with it. -
new jersey wikim_0.jpgWill New Jersey Be the Next State to Legalize Weed?
The governor and the legislature are just about ready to roll. -
The flag of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands. It flies high today. (Creative Commons)Chronicle AM: Northern Marianas Islands Legalizes Weed, CA Pot Appellations Coming, More... (9/21/18)
The Northern Marianas Islands becomes the first US territory to legalize marijuana, a New Mexico poll has strong support for marijuana legalization, and more. -
Colombia peasand farmer in his coca field. (DEA)Chronicle AM: Coalition to Fight House "Drug War" Provision, Colombia Coca Crop at Record High, More... (9/20/18)
A provision in the House opioid bill that would let the attorney general set sentences for synthetic drug offenses generates opposition, Colombia's coca production was at record levels last year, the DEA has okayed the import of Canadian marijuana for research purposes, and more. -
pile-of-cash_180_159.jpgThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A fairly quiet week on the corrupt cop front, be we do have a pair of state prison guards gone bad and a sheriff's narc who couldn't keep his fingers out of the cookie jar.