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Medical Marijuana Update
The end of dispensaries in LA looms, more threat letters in Colorado, and a medical marijuana initiative in North Dakota!?
Olympic Athlete's Expulsion for Marijuana Raises Questions
The expulsion of American Olympic judo competitor Nick Delpopolo from the Games after he tested positive for marijuana is raising questions
Arizona SWAT Team Kills Man in Drug Raid Shootout
A kick-the-door-down SWAT team drug raid was met with gunfire at a Phoenix house early Thursday.
Springfield (Missouri) Marijuana Decriminalization Initiative Certified
Springfield, Missouri, voters will have a chance to vote for marijuana decriminalization in November -- if the city council doesn't approve it first -- after an initiative there qualified Thurs
Police Kill Miami Man in Marijuana Grow House Shootout
A Miami man is dead after police said he opened fire on them as they investigated a possible marijuana grow house. Still no word if it actually was a marijuana grow house, though.
Bipartisan Bill to Fight Overdoses Filed in Congress
A couple of dozen House members have introduced a bill aimed at reducing the steadily climbing toll from drug overdoses, most of them from prescription
Medical Marijuana Update
What!? No DEA raids? Not this week, but the federal crackdown on dispensaries continues, and cities and localities in medical marijuana states continue to grapple with the issues around it.
Handcuffed Marijuana Offender Shot, Killed in Police Car
Police say a young Mississippi man shot himself while cuffed with his hands behind his back in the back sear of a police car with a gun they missed while searching him after arresting him for marij
Lebanon Hash Eradication Hits New Obstacle
Lebanon's annual effort to wipe out hashish production is having a particularly rocky time this year.
This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A crank-dealing sheriff cops a plea, an LA narc gets a case of sticky fingers, an Arkansas narc develops a fondness for dope, and a North Carolina parole officer gets caught forcing his parolees to
DOJ to Sentencing Commission: Fewer Prisoners, Please
The Justice Department is signaling it wants a smaller federal prison population because we can't afford our mass incarceration binge anymore, but it doesn't want to talk about the drug war
Woman Walks After Prosecutorial Perfidy in Tucson [FEATURE]
Aurora Lopez-Avila is back home in Mexico.
Medical Marijuana Rescheduling Lawsuit Moving
Ten years after the Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis filed a petition to remove marijuana from Schedule I and one year after the DEA rejected that petition, a federal appeals court is set to hea
"You Can't Stop AIDS Without Ending the Drug War" [FEATURE]
The International AIDS Conference in Washington this week saw foreign drug users and sex workers excluded even amidst a rising clamor for ending the drug war to help stop the spread of disease.
Colombia Coca Cultivation Ticks Upward
Coca production in Colombia ticked upward last year after four straight years of declines, the UNODC said in a new report.
Medical Marijuana Update
Harborside fights for its life, LA bans dispensaries, and Oregon transplant hospitals are lightening up on medical marijuana patients.
Two More US Drug War Killings
One man is dead after swallowing drugs and being hit with a stun gun in Indianapolis as he tried to flee an arrest.
This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
Bad cop, no donut for a Miami sergeant, two more TSA screeners cop pleas in LA, and a Phoenix cop couldn't keep his paws off the evidence room goodies.
Washington Marijuana Initiative Has Good Week
Washington state's I-502 marijuana legalization initiative did well in polling this week and even better in fundraising. This thing could win, and it has the money to help make that happen.
Lebanon Hash Farmers Attack Eradicators
It's almost time for the hash harvest in Lebanon, and farmers are taking up arms to protect their cash crop from eradicators.