Drug War Chronicle

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

As Congress approaches its August recess, it's time to take a look at the fate of drug reform legislation under the Democrats. No bills have reached the president's desk just yet, but the prospects are impressive on a number of key fronts.

The Higher Education Act's infamous "Aid Elimination Penalty," or anti-drug provision, the brainchild of Indiana Republican Rep. Mark Souder, just got slimmed down as a House committee Tuesday voted to restrict its application only to students convicted of selling drugs, not those convicted simply of drug possession.

The US war on opium poppy production in Afghanistan turned literal Tuesday when US war planes attacked and destroyed a giant pile of poppy seeds in Helmand province. That'll show those seeds!

Spoken like a true drug czar -- Gil Kerlikowske does his best John Walters impression and succeeds pretty well.

The Interfaith Drug Policy Initiative is hiring a new executive director. IDPI mobilizes religious denominations and organizations, clergy, and other people of faith to promote drug policy reform proposals under serious current consideration in Congress and the states, while building public support for replacing drug prohibition with reasonable regulation.

The trusted and beloved news anchor spoke out about more than one war in his lifetime.

Marijuana Policy Project está llevando a cabo una campaña publicitaria televisiva en favor de la tributación y la regulación de la marihuana en California. Pero no se sorprenda si no la ha visto – varias grandes emisoras de televisión no quieren que la vea.

La voz más ruidosa de Dakota del Sur en pro de la reforma de la legislación sobre la marihuana justo ha sido acallada. Al fulminar una sentencia resultante de una condenación por tenencia de marihuana, un juez de Rapid City ha ordenado que Bob Newland se calle respecto a la legalización.

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