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Drug War Idiocy: One Indiana Deputy Killed, Another Wounded in Midnight Drug Raid Over a Syringe
That's a pretty poor reason for a midnight drug raid.
Police/Suspect Altercations
Canada came out strong for harm reduction and marijuana legalization at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna this week.
Chronicle AM: Canada Wakes Up the CND, Tampa Pot Decrim, CA Legalization Init Getting Signatures, More... (3/17/16)
California's leading legalization initiative is one-quarter of the way home, Tampa is the latest Florida locality to decriminalize pot possession, the Canadians wake up the Commission on Narcotic Drugs with a very reform-oriented speech, and more.
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January Drug War Deaths: Two in Night-Time Raids, One Unarmed and Fleeing From Police
A new year, a new batch of drug war deaths.
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The Most Outrageous Drug War Deaths of 2015 [FEATURE]
Drug law enforcement operations killed people at the rate of about one a week in the US in 2015. Here are seven of the most outrageous cases.
Black Lives Matter "town hall" at the International Drug Policy Reform Conference, November 2015
Black Lives Matter Makes A Powerful Connection With Racist Drug War [FEATURE]
A National Town Hall recently took up the question of how Black Lives Matter fits in with drug reform.
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Three More Drug War Deaths This Month
SWAT teams killed three drug suspects this month, and a South Carolina cops will walk free after gunning down unarmed teenager Zach Hammond in July.
Donald Trump says let the states decide on marijuana. (wikimedia/gage skidmore)
Chronicle AM: Trump Says Let States Legalize, Mexican Villagers Go Vigilante on Crooked Cops, More (10/30/15)
A leading Republican presidential contender favors letting the states decide on pot policy, another Indian tribe wants to get in on the action, Mexican villagers turn the tables on crooked federal cops, and more.
The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a sentencing reform bill. (nadcp.org)
Chronicle AM: Federal Sentencing Reform Advances, OH Legalization Init in Dead Heat, More (10/22/15)
It's nail-biting time for pot legalizers in Ohio -- and in California--the Obama administration rolls out new measures to deal with heroin and prescription opiates, a federal sentencing reform bill advances, and more.
Chris Christie tries to make political hay off of opiate addiction. (nj.gov)
Chronicle AM: Christie Blames Obama for "Heroin Epidemic," CO Patients Sue Over PTSD, More (8/24/2015)
Pot isn't stinky enough for its odor to automatically qualify as disorderly conduct in Oregon, Colorado patients sue over the state's decision not to include PTSD in the medical marijuana program, Oklahomans will try again to get a medical marijuana initiative on the ballot, and more.
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Interview with "The Cartel" Author Don Winslow [FEATURE]
The best-selling author of The Savages sits down with the Drug Truth Network to discuss his new novel, The Cartel, and the futility of drug prohibition.