Because the update was late last week, it's two weeks worth of Mexican mayhem this week. And yet another grim landmark as the death toll passes 36,000.
medical marijuana (courtesy Coaster420 and wikimedia.org)
A US Deputy Marshal and an alleged crack dealer became the eighth and ninth people to die in US domestic drug law enforcement operations so far this year.
Needle exchanges save lives -- ask the Surgeon General (Image via Wikimedia)