News Brief

A California dope squad leader goes bad, a Rhode Island narc goes to prison, and, of course, there are a couple of jail guards in trouble.

Chaikh El-Khayari advocated for the legalization of marijuana production for hemp and medical marijuana, but it was his accusations of high-level links to the hash trade that got him thrown in jail.

A call to free the weed comes from an unexpected quarter: Zimbabwe.

Reactionaries won a victory in Helena Thursday, but medical marijuana is far from done for Montana.

Cops can't find their missing dope in Georgia and Massachusetts, another jail guard goes down, a North Carolina narc pays for getting greedy, and so does a South Carolina magistrate.

A 25-year-old Colorado man has been shot and killed by Aurora Police undercover officers. He was carrying two guns, but it's not clear if he fired or brandished them.

It's silly season in Peruvian presidential politics: First, a candidate gets attacked for saying he wants to decriminalize when Peru already has decriminalization, then it's a demand for candidate drug tests.

Roger Goodman has done wonders in Washington state. Now, the drug reforming politician wants to go to Washington, DC.

Add the Inter-American Dialogue to the ever-growing list of drug war critics. The group has just issued a new report calling for a fundamental rethinking of US drug policy.

Two El Paso teenagers were among the victims of prohibition-related violence in Mexico this past week. The death toll since Calderon took office is now at more than 35,000.