Drug War Chronicle

With decriminalization bills pending in Rhode Island, a new poll shows strong support for decrim and even majority support for legalization.

The Colorado Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol initiative hit a bump in the road Friday, falling just short of the number of valid signatures needed to make the November ballot. But it still has 15 days to make up the shortfall.

An NYPD narc shot and killed a teenager in his own home as he tried to flush a small amount of marijuana down a toilet. The local community was not happy.

A desert drug raid in California has resulted in the year's seventh drug war killing, and it's only the beginning of February.

A life sentence for growing a pot plant!? It just happened to a Malaysian couple, but, hey, at least the judge suspended the caning.

A California medical marijuana regulation initiative is polling right on the cusp of where potential major donors start to feel comfortable.

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

Indiana legislators found themselves voting to drug test themselves in a bid to get a welfare drug testing bill passed. It worked, and now the bill heads for the state Senate.

Hopes that things are quieting down in Ciudad Juarez are fading after a bloody week there. And that's just one front in Mexico's drug wars.

From action in state legislatures to raids at dispensaries, there's no let-up in the medical marijuana action around the nation. Here's the latest.