Drug War Chronicle

New Mexico becomes the first state in the nation to end civil asset forfeiture and the abuses it engenders.

A New Orleans man is killed after shooting it out with police, and a South Carolina is killed during a drug raid at his home.

An Alaska marijuana regulation bill continues its slow advance, another Michigan legalization initiative effort emerges, Texas pot bills get a hearing, the DEA recommends tripling the federal research marijuana crop, and more.

Drug-related law enforcement thievery from lowly police cadets to high-placed DEA and Secret Service agents is the them this week.

Key congressmen stick up for California's dispensaries, an Idaho CBD bill passes, an Indiana CBD bill fails, the Arizona Supreme Court allows parolees to use medical marijuana, and more.

A Louisiana poll shows rising support for pot legalization; if Massachusetts want to legalize, it will be up to the voters; Wichita votes to decriminalize it, a CBD cannabis bill dies in Indiana, France okays safe injection sites, and more.

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NYPD cops working a complaint chased a group of teens smoking pot in a building lobby onto the roof. One fell, and now he has died.

Busy busy in Ohio, Arizona Supreme Court upholds patient rights, Idaho legislature approves CBD bill, Nevada legislature hearing about heroin-assisted treatment today, Rand Paul announces, and more.