Drug War Chronicle

Lone Star state voters are ready to legalize marijuana, legalize medical marijuana, and/or decriminalize marijuana, according to a new poll. The times they are a-changing.

The US Supreme Court has smothered the last breath of life left in the third effort to reschedule marijuana out of Schedule I. But a fourth effort is already in progress.

The Venezuelan government is threatening to shoot suspected drug-running planes out of the sky. Brazil and Peru already do that.

Romania has become the latest European nation to approve medical marijuana.

Jon Alexander went from tweaker to DA in a remote Northern California county, but his misconduct has him on the ropes again.

Florida and Maryland are just the latest states to report poll results sure to please marijuana law reformers.

As of this week, getting caught with a small amount of marijuana in Switzerland will get you no more than a fine.

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Defelonization of drug possession is starting to take hold across the country. California looks set to join the list of states easing up, and Washington state could be next.

California localities continue to grapple with medical marijuana issues. Meanwhile, officials in three states are moving forward with implementing medical marijuana laws, and a key Kentucky politician says nice things about it.