Chronicle AM -- December 23, 2013
The marijuana court judge was drunk, Dread Pirate Roberts wants his bitcoins back, Beto O'Rourke wants the Border Patrol to answer some questions, Rand Paul and Cory Booker tweet policy, and more....
View ArticleTexas Deputy Killed in Dawn No-Knock Drug Raid
A Burleson County sheriff's deputy leading a dawn, no-knock drug raid was shot and killed by the homeowner last Thursday. Sgt. Adam Sowders becomes the 40th person to die in US domestic drug law...
View ArticleSan Diego Man Busted for Marijuana Dies in Border Patrol Custody
A San Diego man detained by the Border Patrol after being caught carrying three pounds of marijuana died in a holding cell Christmas Eve. Steven Keith, 58, becomes the 41st person to die in US domestic...
View ArticleThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A probation officer gets caught growing marijuana, a task force commander is accused of stealing $90,000, more cops get nailed for spilling the beans to drug suspects, and more. Let's get to...
View ArticleFederal Judge Throws Out Florida Welfare Drug Test Law
In a ruling out of Orlando Tuesday, US District Court Judge Mary Scriven permanently halted enforcement of Florida's suspicionless drug testing of welfare applicants and recipients. The 2011 law had...
View ArticleChronicle AM -- January 2, 2014
The New Year starts off with a whole bunch of marijuana news, the DEA Cartagena prostitution scandal gets an update, another Republican governor calls for welfare drug testing, and a South Korean...
View ArticleThe Top 10 International Drug Policy Stories of 2013 [FEATURE]
What a year in drug reform! 2013 saw a historic breakthrough on the international front, as well as evidence that powerful currents are shifting inexorably away from the prohibitionist consensus of the...
View ArticleChronicle AM--January 6, 2014
Marijuana continues to suck all the air out of the room when it comes to drug policy, with news on the legalization, medical, and international fronts. The only non-marijuana-related item we have today...
View ArticleChronicle AM -- January 7, 2014
Another poll shows solid majority support for marijuana legalization, Florida's medical marijuana initiative appears to be within reach of qualifying for the ballot (if the state Supreme Court doesn't...
View ArticleChronicle AM -- January 8, 2014
East Coast governors speak against marijuana legalization, but DC voters may get a chance to have their own voices heard; a new report on Obamacare's implications for drug reform is out; the DEA is...
View ArticleThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
Bad cops get sued in Chicago, drugs are missing in Baltimore, an Ohio cop rips off the DARE program, and a Louisiana jailer gets caught smuggling pot and tobacco. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:left]In...
View ArticleChronicle AM--January 9, 2014
Alaska appears poised to vote on marijuana legalization, New York's governor announces a half-step toward medical marijuana, the ACLU fights for our rights on a couple of fronts, and trouble could be...
View ArticleThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
This week, we have a trio of jail guards gone bad, as well as another cop with a pain pill problem and sticky fingers. That's a bad combination. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:right]In Miami, a...
View ArticleChronicle AM--January 16, 2014
Florida's medical marijuana initiative appears poised to qualify for the ballot (if it survives a challenge in the state Supreme Court), a new pot poll finds the country evenly split, Afghanistan was...
View ArticleThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
The stench grows in Philadelphia, a parole officer gets caught stealing parolee's pills, a reserve cop tries to trade dope for sex, and jail guards continue to go wild. Let's get to it:[image:1...
View ArticlePuerto Rico Man, Police Officer Become First Drug War Fatalities of 2014
Alexis Sanchez Agostini, who shot a member of the Puerto Rico Police Department's Mayaguez Drugs division and then allegedly killed himself, becomes the first person to die in US domestic drug law...
View ArticleTwo Oklahoma Cops Among Four Latest Drug War Deaths
Two Incidents; four more drug war deaths: A Louisiana man was killed in drug bust gone wrong last Tuesday and two Oklahoma police officers and the drug suspect they were after were killed in car...
View ArticleChronicle AM -- January 27, 2014
Florida's medical marijuana initiative will go to the voters in November, the DEA administrator is being both jeered and cheered for her criticism of President Obama's remarks on marijuana, the Supreme...
View ArticleChronicle AM -- January 28, 2014
The hemp amendment gets included in the farm bill, Colorado's Supreme Court will review medical marijuana patients' employment rights, we have a couple of drug war horror stories, Mexico's security...
View ArticleThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
Two cops go down for providing info to drug dealers, a DARE officer who ripped off the program gets a slap on the wrist, a Philly narc entangled with a snitch gets entangled with lies, and another...
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