{Picton Guilty
At 11:15 Sunday,Dec.9,2007. The jury in the trial of serial torture murder suspect:"Robert(Willie)Picton ended 10 days of deliberations,halted at one point because the judge erred in his charge to the
Who Your Friends Are
Since the drug bill announcement it's getting hard to tell who your friends are.The feds are sending 10 million dollars to Vancouver as our "share"of the drug war booty.The mayor has decided that the cash should go to his pet CAST program .This is a deeply flawed plan based on an interresting idea.The mayor wants to give prescription drugs to addicts.Sounds like a brilliant idea,right?Wrong.Sam(Vancouver mayor Sam Sullivan)says who gets what and how it's dispensed.I don't know where Sam went to med.
Press Advisory: Ninety-Nine Percent Say They Wouldn't Use Hard Drugs If Legalized, According to Zogby Poll
The results of a new poll -- commissioned by DRCNet -- suggests that prohibition of "hard" drugs may not reduce their use.
Feature: The 2007 International Drug Policy Reform Conference -- Mr. Costa Meets the Opposition
The 2007 International Drug Policy Reform Conference opened with a bang Thursday in New Orleans as the United Nation's top drug fighter addressed a skeptical and sometimes hostile audience.
Feature: The Bible, a Black Bag, and a Drug Dog -- A Florida Drug War Story
In the latest installment of the Chronicle's occasional series on the day-to-day workings of the drug war, we go to Florida, where a drug interdiction exercise disguised as a traffic enforcement effort, some sheriff's radio shenanigans, a suspicious Bible, and a drug dog left one Key West man wondering what hit him.
Europe: British Drug Council Calls for Heroin, Cocaine Prescribing By Nurses, Pharmacists, Chides Government's Drug Strategy Consultation
As Britain's Labor government prepares to announce a new long-term drug strategy in the spring, the battle is heating up. Now, the government's own Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs is calling for nurses and pharmacists to be able to prescribe heroin and cocaine, and chiding the government for making a joke of consultations around the new strategy.
Sentencing: Racial Disparities in Drug Sentences the Norm in the Nation's Most Populous Counties, Study Finds
A report released this week by the Justice Policy Institute finds that racially disparate sentencing is the norm in the nation's most populous counties.
Latin America: Mexico's President Says Fighting Drugs, Crime His Highest Priority
One year after he took office, Mexican President Felipe Calderon says the war on drugs remains his highest priority. Some 24,000 troops are in the field, but the traffic and the violence appear to continue unabated.