May Drug War Mayhem: Five Civilians, Two Police Officers Dead in Separate...
Police enforcing the drug laws killed five people in separate incidents last month. The victims become the 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, and 29th persons to die in US domestic drug law enforcement operations...
View ArticleThe Most Outrageous Drug War Deaths of 2015 [FEATURE]
An as yet unnamed man killed by police in Rawlins, Wyoming, on December 30, after they were called to a convenience store about a person believed to be selling drugs in the parking lot, and Burlington,...
View ArticleChronicle AM: WA Drug Task to Disband, Cites Legalization; Harm Reduction...
Even South Carolinians want drug policy reform, a Washington state drug task force calls it quits after marijuana legalization, harm reduction measures advance in Florida and New Mexico, and...
View ArticleThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
The border remains a temptation for Texas cops, a Southern California dispensary was a temptation for a crew of misbehaving cops there, and more. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:right]In Santa Ana,...
View ArticleA Long Hot Summer of Drug War Deaths [FEATURE]
The killing of a young, black, unarmed Tampa man by a SWAT team that raided his home in an operation that turned up two grams of marijuana has sparked angry protests last week, including demonstrations...
View ArticleFour Dead in Drug War Killings in Five Days, Including One Police Officer
Guns and drugs are a bad combination. Or, more precisely, drug prohibition in a nation where guns are freely available has tremendous potential for fatal conflicts between drug users and sellers and...
View ArticleThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A Mississippi police chief shoots himself during an investigation into asset forfeiture funds, a Massachusetts police officer shoots herself during an investigation into thefts from her evidence room,...
View ArticleThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
The FBI is investigating a pair of Louisville narcs, the state police are investigating thefts at a Massachusetts police department, a Philly cop gets busted sending pot through the mail, and more....
View ArticleChronicle AM: DEA Issues Carfentanil Warning, Malaysia to Hang Man for MJ...
The DEA issues a warning on a powerful emerging opioid, Michigan marijuana legalizers turn their eyes to 2018, Malaysia sentences a man to death for pot dealing, and more.[image:1 align:left]Marijuana...
View Article2016: People Still Killed in US Drug War at the Rate of One a Week [FEATURE]
With 2016 now behind us, it's time for some year-end accounting, and when it comes to fatalities related to drug law enforcement, that accounting means tallying up the bodies. The good news is that...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Wyden Wants DOJ to Release MJ Recs, Pressure on DHS Over Meth...
Oregon Senator Ron Wyden has asked Attorney General Sessions to release recommendations on possible changes in federal marijuana enforcement, congressmembers want changes at Customs and Border...
View ArticleThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
Yee-haw, it's getting crazy out there: A Philly drug task force officer gets nailed for exchanging drugs for sex, a Pennsylvania cop gets busted after being found ODing on stolen drugs on the evidence...
View ArticleThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
We've only got a couple this week, but they're both pretty juicy and involve federal law enforcement officials. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:left]In New Orleans, a DEA agent and a Hammond police...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Second Australia SIJ Coming, DEA Adds Heroin Enforcement Teams,...
The Victoria state government has approved a safe injection site in Melbourne, a new report warns that high taxes on legal marijuana could push people to the black market, New Jersey adds some new...
View ArticleChronicle AM: MO MMJ Inits Hand in Beaucoup Signatures, OH Racial Profiling...
Two separate Missouri medical marijuana initiatives appear set to qualify for the November ballot, the Utah medical marijuana initiative is generating organized opposition -- including the DEA --...
View ArticleChronicle AM: New DOJ Task Force to Target Cartels, CA Pain Summit Next...
The Justice Department creates a new anti-cartel task force, a California summit will address issues around chronic pain and the war on drugs, the New York Assembly holds a hearing on marijuana...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Harborside Loses Pot Tax Case, Hemp in Final Version of Farm...
The US Tax Court has ruled against Harborside being able to deduct standard business expenses, a hemp provision is in the final version of the farm bill, Mexico and the US disagree over Mexican heroin...
View ArticleChronicle AM: FL MedMJ Moves, CA Safe Injection Site Bill Filed, More......
Florida courts and the legislature are both dealing with the legislature's previous efforts to mess with the voter-approved medical marijuana amendment, a pot legalization bill gets a hearing in New...
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