Drug War Chronicle

This year's sixth drug law enforcement killing took place Friday afternoon in Charleston, West Virginia.

A pair of South Florida brothers have become the fourth and fifth people to be killed during drug law enforcement operations in the US this year.

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No cops got arrested this week for drug prohibition-related corruption, but a few got convicted, and one got sentenced.

It was a relatively quiet week in Mexico's drug wars -- only a hundred people killed -- but Ciudad Juarez continues to live up to its reputation as one of the world's deadliest cities.

Conservatives for sentencing reform? Who woulda thunk it? But that's what's happening.

The next round of pot legalization initiatives is getting off the ground in the Pacific Northwest.

State and federal courts have been grappling with the issue of whether police need a warrant to install a GPS tracking device on a vehicle. Now it may be headed for the Supreme Court.

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

Now, here's a shocker: An Illinois study finds that blacks are five times more likely to be sent to prison for drug possession than whites.