Posted on: Feb 23, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
A meeting of marijuana initiative leaders in California revealed that nearly every campaign is in serious trouble if it doesn't get a large cash injection -- and soon.
Posted on: Jan 9, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
The court will consider the case of Joelis Jardines, who was arrested after a Florida police officer's drug dog sniffed his front door and alerted to the odor of marijuana.
Posted on: Jul 21, 2011, Source: Drug War Chronicle
Author John Gibler's new book surveys surveys the unending flow of drugs north and guns and cash south and the tens of thousands of murders they cause.
Posted on: Jul 15, 2011, Source: Drug War Chronicle
ONDCP plans to focus on opium and heroin trade in Afghanistan and cooperate with Mexican and Central American authorities in the $1.4 billion Plan Merida.
Posted on: Jul 2, 2011, Source: Drug War Chronicle
Thousands of inmates imprisoned on federal crack cocaine charges will be able to seek sentence reductions and early release after a US Sentencing Commission vote.
Posted on: May 26, 2011, Source: Drug War Chronicle
A bipartisan group of US representatives have introduced bills to protect patients, caregivers, and providers from ongoing federal arrests, prosecutions, and harassment.
Posted on: Apr 11, 2011, Source: Drug War Chronicle
All California has done is shift the burden of the state's corrections overcrowding to the counties, fails to fund crime prevention services like drug treatment, and more.
Posted on: Apr 5, 2011, Source: Drug War Chronicle
The Committee for the Positive Insistence on a Sane Society (PISS) said it was sending the urine sample to Scott to peacefully protest against his drug testing policy.
Posted on: Mar 11, 2011, Source: Drug War Chronicle
Medical marijuana had the support of a whopping 79% of respondents. Support was above 70% in every demographic, with even 72% of Republicans favoring it.
Posted on: Nov 11, 2010, Source: Drug War Chronicle
The conservative Heritage Foundation has issued a backgrounder report urging for hundreds of millions in cuts to the nation's funding of the failed drug war.
Posted on: Sep 16, 2010, Source: Drug War Chronicle
Michigan could become the first state in the nation to drug test drivers if a Republican lawmaker has his way, even though research shows tests generate false positives.
Posted on: Sep 10, 2010, Source: Drug War Chronicle
Panel of marijuana criminal defense attorneys on the opening day of NORML's 39th Annual National Conference in Portland unanimously suggest: exercise your right to remain silent.
Posted on: Aug 8, 2010, Source: Drug War Chronicle
For nearly 30 years, the Campaign Against Planting has waged a quixotic battle to eradicate California's outdoor marijuana industry. It's at it again this year.
Posted on: Jul 16, 2010, Source: Drug War Chronicle
With $7.3 billion spent and 21,000 fighters from all sides and an estimated 14,000 civilians killed, Plan Colombia's positive effects aren't easy to distinguish.
