Drug War Chronicle

Dos agricultores de Dakota del Norte han recibido permisos del estado para cultivar cáñamo, pero la DEA se ha rehusado a tomar providencias respecto de sus solicitudes de permisos federales. Ahora, los agricultores piden en justicia que la agencia reciba órdenes de quitarse.

El miércoles, un comité del Senado de suma importancia votó en la remoción de la infame “pregunta sobre las drogas” del formulario de ayuda financiera federal. Como se espera la aprobación de una medida que pide la revocación total en la Cámara, eso puede ser el comienzo del fin para la Locura de Souder.

Our multi-year campaign to repeal an infamous law that denies financial aid to students because of drug convictions may soon ride to a successful conclusion.

A Puerto Rican narc gets caught robbing an armored car, a Mississippi cop gets nailed for selling and using speed, and a Toledo cop who liked to party too much cops a plea.

Passengers in vehicles stopped by police are effectively "seized" and may challenge the constitutionality of that seizure, the Supreme Court ruled in an unanimous opinion Monday.

Iran executed four convicted drug traffickers on Saturday. That makes at least 102 executions in Iran so far this year.

The Dubai courts continue their harsh treatment of people possessing even tiny amounts of illicit drugs. This week, they sent a Canadian working for an Afghan anti-drug program to prison for four years for traces of hashish that he may have picked up in the course of his work.

It's ONDCP Ad Week at the Speakeasy, plus we have Giuliani's Cocaine Connection, China's UN-prompted drug war bloodbath, a response from a former ONDCP official to the China story, Creepy Drug Testing Science and more...

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