Skip to main content

Drug War Chronicle

Comprehensive coverage of the War on Drugs since 1997

  • MMJ leaf and stethoscope KY ODCP_132.jpg
    MMJ leaf and stethoscope KY ODCP_132.jpg

    Medical Marijuana Update

    California battles over dispensaries and cultivation rules continue, medical marijuana bills move in Illinois, Minnesota, New York, and South Carolina, and more.
  • A marijuana user and his dog. One of a series of photos normalizing marijuana use by Sonya Yruel/Drug Policy Alliance
    A marijuana user and his dog. One of a series of photos normalizing marijuana use by Sonya Yruel/Drug Policy Alliance

    Chronicle AM -- May 21, 2014

    Marijuana, marijuana, marijuana. Sometimes it seems like it's sucking all of the air out of the room in drug policy. But there are a lot of other things going on, too. Plus, Michele Leonhart finds a friend, Dana Rohrabacher talks legalization, and Virginia cops are raking in the asset forfeiture cash.
  • pile-of-cash_163.jpg
    pile-of-cash_163.jpg

    This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

    Jail guards break bad in Mississippi and Delaware, a Missouri cop gets in trouble for protecting his snitch, and a Georgia cop gets ready to go to prison for protecting a pill mill.
  • alaska yes on 2.jpg
    alaska yes on 2.jpg

    Chronicle AM -- May 20, 2014

    The organized opposition in Alaska gets a donation, medical marijuana is finally moving in the New York Senate, the Fair Sentencing Act picks up another sponsor, there's more violence in Mexico, and more meth in Asia, and more.
  • The Taliban's Pakistani cousins are financing operations by taxing the drug trade, a new report says. (wikimedia.org)
    The Taliban's Pakistani cousins are financing operations by taxing the drug trade, a new report says. (wikimedia.org)

    Chronicle AM -- May 19, 2014

    The feds will still arrest you for pot possession on their property in DC even though the city has decriminalized, Chicago cops will still arrest you for pot possession even though they could just give you a ticket, decrim initiatives are coming to Kansas cities, Minnesota becomes the 22nd medical marijuana state, Mexico doesn't want to legalize it, and more.
  • 0001-640x250_1.jpg
    0001-640x250_1.jpg

    Colombia, FARC Reach Accord on Drug Issues

    It looks like Colombia and the FARC guerrillas have come to an agreement on the drug policy segment of their long-running peace talks. But it's not clear just what the agreement is yet.
  • DEA administrator Michele Leonhart may be approaching her "sell by" date, and so may the agency she heads. (doj.gov)
    DEA administrator Michele Leonhart may be approaching her "sell by" date, and so may the agency she heads. (doj.gov)

    Chronicle AM -- May 16, 2014

    The DEA is in the hot seat, it looks like Minnesota will be the next medical marijuana state (but they won't be able to smoke it), California could actually get around to regulating its dispensary system, California voters will vote on whether to drug test doctors (!), the Russians are snarking about Afghanistan, and more.
  • When Mitch McConnell is criticizing the DEA, you know you're living in a different century. (senate.gov)
    When Mitch McConnell is criticizing the DEA, you know you're living in a different century. (senate.gov)

    Chronicle AM -- May 15, 2014

    An evangelical pollster has support for marijuana legalization at 58% (but not among Christians), the Senate Minority Leader takes on the DEA over hemp, a California defelonization sentencing initiative hands in signatures, we have a fascinating look at meth culture in Tehran, and more.
Subscribe to Drug War Chronicle