Drug War Chronicle

The US Conference of Mayors, representing the chief elected official in cities over 30,000, has come out strongly and unanimously to call for the feds to take a hands off approach to medical marijuana and marijuana legalization in the states.

An undercover drug sting in a Charlotte school parking lot ended with an informant wounded and a marijuana seller dead, and local residents questioning police decisions.

A Bronx man is dead after swallowing a bag of cocaine while struggling with police trying to arrest him. That's 16 drug war deaths so far this year.

An amendment to allow limited hemp production passed the House, but the Farm Bill it was attached to was surprisingly defeated. On the upside, that also killed an amendment that would have let states drug test food stamp recipients.

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Pending amendments to the House version of the Farm Bill include the good, the bad, and the downright ugly. Votes are coming anytime, and activists are urging voters to get to the phones and call their representatives.

In a decision that should cut back on prison time for some drug offenders, the Supreme Court has held that facts used to impose mandatory minimum sentences must be proven before a jury -- not a judge with a lower standard of proof.

Well, at least the DEA didn't raid any dispensaries in the last week. In California, the battle continues at the local level, while progress is being made in several states.

Two of our three cases this week involve cops protecting their steroids dealers. Go figger. The other one is a crooked police chief who bragged, "I'm the best cop money can buy."