Drug War Chronicle

A Florida group formed to protest the governor's order that state employees be subjected to random drug testing has come up with an apt, if smelly, form of protest.

Bills that would have decriminalized up to five ounces of weed or six pot plants were killed in a Maine legislative committee last week.

A move to legalize weed through the legislative process has died in Olympia, but some are acting to put a legalization initiative on the November ballot.

ProCon.org is a series of in-depth web sites presenting information and views on controversial issues, several of which relate to drug policy. The Chronicle is running a six-part series of info items from ProCon.org, and we encourage you to check it out.

New Zealand is responding to fake pot with regulation, not prohibition.

Delaware has just moved a giant step closer toward becoming the next medical marijuana state.

The Illinois House has turned back a bid to permit farmers there to apply to grow hemp. Opponents cited the federal ban on hemp production and law enforcement's inability to tell the difference between hemp and weed.

It may be up to Democratic Gov. Bryan Schweitzer to save medical marijuana in Montana. Only a procedural vote is left before the legislature repeals the voter-approved law.

We review two books on marijuana -- one a comprehensive anthology, the other, a studious work on changing pot policy.

New England has emerged as a hotbed of marijuana law reform. Why is that?