Drug War Chronicle

Drug offender registries are a hare-brained idea that is more likely to help young people find drug dealers than prevent them.

This important new documentary about the medical marijuana movement is DRCNet's latest membership premium.

Two veteran Mexican journalists take us on a tour of the murky world of the Mexican drug trade.

DEA and local police agents have raided five California medical marijuana dispensaries in the past 10 days, but that leaves over 200 still in operation.

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The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a pair of cases involving the deportation of immigrants for minor drug offenses.

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

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has quietly signed legislation that will allow nonviolent offenders to get off parole if they undergo five months of residential treatment upon their release.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed a bill that would have allowed California farmers to grow industrial hemp.

We've got cops getting arrested, cops copping pleas, cops getting sentenced this week. It's like a tour of the criminal justice process. Let's get to it.