Drug War Chronicle

Citing yet another threatening letter from a US Attorney, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is seeking clarity in the federal courts and is poised to put the kibosh on dispensary licensing, at least for now.

First, the feds scared the governor into vetoing most of a successful dispensary and patient registry bill. Now, time has run out on later efforts to get something out of the legislature in Olympia this year.

The fruitless and unending effort to stop marijuana from being imported into the US cost the lives of two Border Patrol agents this month.

The Supreme Court has upheld a court order requiring California to dramatically reduce its prison population because it could not or would not provide adequate health care for them. There are 28,000 drug offenders behind bars there...

The federal government has been sitting on a marijuana rescheduling petition for almost nine years. Now, advocates are seeking to force the DEA to act on it.

Willie Nelson and the Teapot Party's endorsement of pro-legalization Republican presidential candidate Gary Johnson has been undone -- but Willie still thinks he's a "good guy."

Drug prohibition kills cops. At the least, seven more died of drug prohibition last year. There are measures we could take to reduce the toll, but that takes political courage -- and getting the cops on board.

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

The DEA medical marijuana dispensary raiders showed up again in Spokane Wednesday.

San Francisco narcs have some explaining to do, a Kentucky sheriff gone wild, a California cop gone rogue, and an Iowa cop with a troublesome cocaine habit.