Raving in Vienna (Wikimedia)
Europe's Top Five Cities for Cocaine, Ecstasy, and Speed Use
Wastewater analysis can reveal many secrets, including the continent's party hot spots.
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New Hampshire, live free and high
Chronicle AM: NH House Passes Marijuana Legalization, CO Safe Injection Site Sought, More... (1/9/18)
Attorney General Sessions' announcement last week of a possible renewed war on marijuana continues to reverberate, the New Hampshire House passes a bill to legalize possession and cultivation, but not sales; Colorado lawmakers want a safe injection site as part of their response to the opioid crisis, and more.
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has unleashed a drug war that has killed thousands. (Wikimedia)
From Bloody Drug War to Legal Pot: Ten Global Drug Policy Highlights (and Lowlights) of 2017 [FEATURE]
Here's a round up of major global drug policy news and events of 2017.
The 1998 UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs. We've made some progress since then. (Creative Commons)
Looking Back: The Biggest International Drug Policy Stories of the Past 20 Years [FEATURE]
With a thousand issues of Drug War Chronicle under our belts, we look back on the biggest international drug and drug policy stories of the past 20 years.
A move is afoot in the legislature to bring a safe injection site to Denver. (Wikimedia)
Chronicle AM: ME Lawmakers Try to Save MJ Reg Bill from Veto, Denver SIF Advances, More... (11/6/17)
Maine legislature will attempt to override the governor's veto of a marijuana regulation bill, a plan for a safe injection site in Denver advances, a Michigan roadside drug testing pilot program gets underway this we, and more.
No more small-time pot arrests in Big D. (Wikimedia Commons)
Chronicle AM: Dallas Ends Marijuana Possession Arrests, Drug Czar Nominee Names, More... (10/18/17)
Dallas gives up on arresting pot possessors, the DOJ gives up on prosecuting the Kettle Falls Five, there's a new list of possible drug czar nominees, and more.
With moves in Houston and San Antonio, change is coming to the Lone Star State.
Chronicle AM: Houston Quits Trying "Trace Amount" Drug Cases, US Chides Colombia, More... (9/28/17)
San Antonio quits arresting small-time pot violators, Houston quits prosecuting folks caught with trace amounts of drugs, Vermont begins pondering how to do pot legalization, the US chides Colombia on coca and the FARC, and more.
Don't hold your breathing waiting for marijuana lounges in Vegas. It could be awhile. (Wikipedia)
Chronicle AM: Las Vegas MJ Lounges Hit Snag, Utah MedMJ Init Polling Well, More... (9/20/17)
The Bay State's highest court just made it harder for cops to charge people with pot-impaired driving, Las Vegas-area county commissioners put a stop to talk of pot lounges anytime soon, Colombia's president speaks out against the drug war (again) at the United Nations, and more.
Colombian cocaine exports are on the increase. (Spanish police)
Chronicle AM: WA Ponders Personal NJ Grows, Trump Chastises Colombia Over Coca, More... (9/15/17)
The only legal marijuana state that doesn't allow personal cultivation will revisit the issue, the president chides Colombia and Colombia reacts, there's strong support for pot legalization in New Jersey, and more.
The attorney general isn't smiling over the House's asset forfeiture vote. (senate.gov)
Chronicle AM: House Blocks Sessions Civil Asset Forfeiture Move, More... (9/13/17)
The House votes to defund Attorney General Sessions' newly revived Equitable Sharing asset forfeiture program, Maine lawmakers want a 20% sales tax on weed, Duterte allies in the Philippines vote to defund the country's human rights commission over its critique of the drug war, and more.