Drug War Chronicle

Legalization, prison overcrowding, forfeiture, initiatives, more...

Today marks a grim anniversary in US drug policy, the enactment 20 years ago of unjust federal mandatory minimum sentences.

Europe's nascent Cannabis Social Club movement gained a prominent new face this week when a Belgian Member of Parliament signed on.

Canada's Supreme Court on Thursday threw out the conviction of medical marijuana activist Grant Krieger because of a judge's overreaching jury instructions.

Mandatory Minimum Reports, Election Guides, More...

With November 7 drawing near and drug warriors on the campaign trail, prospects for South Dakota's medical marijuana initiative are "iffy."

Three California cities and one in Arkansas have lowest law enforcement priority marijuana initiatives on the ballot. We check in to see how they're doing as the final countdown begins.

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

A poll released Thursday finds that nearly half of Americans support making cigarettes illegal.

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