Medical Marijuana Update
All eyes may have been on the election last week, but the battles over medical marijuana didn't go away. Here are the highlights from the past few days. Let's get to it: [image:1 align:left]Arizona...
View ArticleMarijuana Legalization: What Can/Will the Feds Do? [FEATURE]
In the wake of last week's victories for marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington, everyone is waiting to see how the federal government will respond. But early indications are that we may be...
View ArticleLaw Enforcement Call on DOJ to Respect State Marijuana Laws [FEATURE]
Tuesday morning, former Baltimore narcotics officer Neill Franklin delivered a letter signed by 73 current and former police officers, judges, prosecutors, and federal agents to Attorney General Eric...
View ArticleMarijuana is Now Legal in Washington State! [FEATURE]
As of today, Thursday, December 6, 2012, marijuana possession is legal in the state of Washington. Under the I-502 initiative passed by the state's voters last month, adults 21 and older can now...
View ArticleMarijuana Is Now Legal in Colorado! [FEATURE]
And then there were two. On Monday, December 10, 2012, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed an executive order certifying last month's Amendment 64 victory and legalizing the use, possession, and...
View ArticleMichigan Cops Ponder Detroit Marijuana Legalization Vote
Voters in Detroit overwhelmingly approved legalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana by adults on private property in last month's elections, but according to Michigan Live, local law...
View ArticleThe Top Ten Drug Policy Stories of 2012 [FEATURE]
In some ways, 2012 has been a year of dramatic, exciting change in drug policy, as the edifice of global drug prohibition appears to crumble before our eyes. In other ways it is still business as usual...
View ArticleACLU to Examine SWAT, Police Militarization
The American Civil Liberties Union announced this week that it was seeking data from police departments across the country in an effort to determine the extent to which law enforcement agencies are...
View ArticleHawaii Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Dies
A bill that would have decriminalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana has died in the House. Legislators earlier killed a marijuana legalization bill.[image:1 align:right]The...
View ArticleFeds' New Cell Phone Spying Device Raising Privacy Concerns [FEATURE]
special to Drug War Chronicle by independent investigative journalist Clarence Walker, freelancewriter82@gmail.comBlocked by a Supreme Court decision from using GPS tracking devices without a warrant,...
View ArticleMarijuana Legalization Bill Moving in Oregon
[image:1 align:left]An Oregon bill that would legalize marijuana was approved by the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday on a 6-3 vote after hearing testimony that same day. That marks the first time...
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Are We Really "Going Dark"? -- The DEA and Apple's iMessage [FEATURE]
special to Drug War Chronicle by veteran investigative crime journalist Clarence Walker, cwalkerinvestigates@gmail.comWhen the tech world news web site CNET published excerpts of a leaked DEA memo...
View ArticleMedical Marijuana Update
More DEA raids in Los Angeles, federal prison bureaucrats ignore a Michigan medical marijuana prisoner's medical needs, federal drug bureaucrats prevail in a medical marijuana research case, and there...
View ArticlePerspectives on the Denver "420" Disruption
[image:1 align:right caption:true]Yesterday's historic "420" rally in Denver, the first since Coread more
View ArticleMexico to Rein In US Agencies in Drug War
In a sharp break with the policies of his predecessor, recently installed Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto is moving to restrict the open relationships US law enforcement, intelligence, and...
View ArticleBlacks Targeted in Wasteful War on Marijuana, ACLU Finds
Black Americans are nearly four times more likely to get busted for marijuana possession than white ones, even though both groups smoke pot at roughly comparable rates, the ACLU said in a report...
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Chronicle Book Review: Too High to Fail
Doug Fine, Too High to Fail: Cannabis and the New Green Economic Revolution (2012, Gotham Books, 319 pp., $28.00 HB)[Ed: This review was based on the hardcover edition of "Too High to Fail." The...
View ArticleSerial Offender: Miami Fed. Prosecutor Called on Misconduct in Drug Cases...
special to Drug War Chronicle by Houston-based investigative journalist Clarence Walker, cwalkerinvestigate@gmail.comPart 6 in a series, "Prosecutorial Misconduct and Police Corruption in Drug Cases...
View ArticleAs Pressure Mounts, Holder Acts on Sentencing Reform [FEATURE]
US Attorney General Eric Holder announced Monday a comprehensive federal sentencing reform package with a strong emphasis on drug sentencing. He said he will direct US Attorneys that low-level,...
View ArticleMedical Marijuana Update
Medical marijuana wars continue in California, a Michigan town gets intrusive, Nevada prepares to rake in the dough from dispensaries, and Washington patients organize in the face of legalization....
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