Posted on: Aug 30, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
The Mexico-based Caravan for Peace and Justice and its American allies are now more than halfway through their 6,000-mile, 27-city journey to focus attention on the drug war's terrible toll in both countries.
Posted on: Jul 27, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
The I-502 campaign, the state initiative to legalize, tax, and regulate marijuana, racked up big bucks with a handful of contributions and a new poll that suggests victory in November.
Posted on: Jul 20, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
These states are not undertaking a radical rethinking of the rote resort to incarceration, but they are nibbling at the edges, particularly when it comes to drug offenders.
Posted on: Jul 16, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
The Oregon Marijuana Policy Initiative (OMPI) has filed a lawsuit against Secretary of State Kate Brown over her office's invalidation of tens of thousands of signatures.
Posted on: Jun 27, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
The Global Commission on Drugs has released a report explaining how drug war enforcement raises barriers to HIV treatment -- and what we can do to stop it.
Posted on: Jun 18, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
Cedars-Sinai hospital told medical marijuana users they must test negative for six months to re-qualify for the wait list, and also take drug abuse counseling for the same period.
Posted on: Jun 18, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
With the backing of Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D), Chicago's council will vote later this month on an ordinance that would decriminalize the possession of up to 15 grams of marijuana.
Posted on: Jun 6, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
If numbers are to be trusted and the will of the legislature is to be respected, Governor Chafee has an easy call of signing Rhode Island's decriminalization bill into law.
Posted on: May 25, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
2012 could be the year that legalization actually wins, and voters in at least two states -- Colorado and Washington -- will have the chance to make that happen.
Posted on: May 23, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
May 11th, Honduran police and DEA agents engaged in a disastrous series of heavy-handed tactics, mistakenly killing four innocent Hondurans before inspiring a machete-yielding mob.
Posted on: May 22, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
Doctors and organizers say it is unfair to give Douglas, who already did five years on a drug charge, additional time instead of a chance at treatment.
Posted on: May 7, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
Drivers found with a certain amount of THC in their blood are automatically presumed to be driving under the influence of drugs, even if they can show they were not impaired.
Posted on: May 6, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
Governor Malloy will sign the medical marijuana bill that would carefully regulate and monitor pot use to avoid problems encountered in other medical marijuana states.
Posted on: Apr 27, 2012, Source: Drug War Chronicle
The bills are finally being recognized as targeting the most downtrodden and disadvantaged -- the poor, the sick, the jobless -- in the guise of helping them.
