Drug War Chronicle

Aun cuando el gobierno conservador de Canadá se ocupa de la nueva y severa estrategia nacional antidroga, un estudio lanzado el lunes dice que dichos abordajes han fracasado.

El miércoles, la DEA estaba haciendo de las suyas, allanando 11 dispensarios de marihuana medicinal en la Comarca de Los Ángeles, incluso cinco en West Hollywood. Justo la noche anterior, los regidores municipales habían presentado una ordenanza para regular permanentemente los dispensarios, y no están contentos.

An activist's short but noteworthy life sets an example for others to follow...

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

Local drug enforcement agents raided the offices of CannaCare, an Everett, Washington, medical marijuana support and advocacy group this week, accusing of it providing marijuana to patients.

It's been relatively quiet on the corrupt cop front this week, but we've still got a Newark police officer who made a bad choice of boyfriends, and the requisite pair of crooked jail guards.

The DEA was at it again Wednesday, raiding 11 medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles County, including five in West Hollywood. City council members there had only the night before introduced an ordinance to permanently regulate the dispensaries, and they aren't happy.

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