Police/Suspect Altercations

Three more people died in the drug war in June. That makes 32 so far this year.

You can listen in on the marijuana conversation in California, there's more Ohio pot legalization news, the Oregon House has passed a marijuana regulation bill, Vancouver decides to regulate its dispensaries, and more.

The drug war took more lives in May -- five civilians and two police officers.

A second Arizona legalization initiative has been filed, a Missouri pot lifer gets a reprieve, Maryland's Republican governor vetoes drug reform bills, the DEA warns of the heroin threat, there's more violence in Latin American drug war zones, and more.

A "routine traffic stop" that turned into an attempted drug search left two Mississippi police officers dead last Saturday night.

An Oregon meth fugitive shot and killed after a SWAT standoff becomes the 21st person to die in US domestic drug law enforcement operations this year.

A New Orleans man is killed after shooting it out with police, and a South Carolina is killed during a drug raid at his home.

A Tulsa drug investigation morphed into a gun sting, then turned fatal when a reserve deputy "inadvertently" shot the suspect with his pistol instead of his Taser.

Quinnipiac University polls in three big states show narrow majorities for pot legalization, medical marijuana and overdose prevention bills get filed in Alabama, Egypt's tobacco traders want to legalize and tax hash, and more.

A Virginia man and a Florida man are the 14th and 15th drug war fatalities of the year.