By Clarence Walker It was just another marijuana bust by Chicago’s crack dope squad and should have resulted in an easy conviction, but thanks to
By Phillip Smith An as yet unnamed man killed by police in Rawlins, Wyoming, on December 30, after they were called to a convenience store
Earlier this week, Governor Cuomo issued regulations and the New York State Senate introduced a bill that would criminalize the sales of synthetic cannabinoids. Recently,
On Friday, a rally will be held at 1 pm in New York City in front of the United Nations Headquarters as part of the
On May 7, the United Nations (U.N.) will hold a High-Level Meeting to discuss international drug policy, in preparation for a United Nations General Assembly
By Phillip Smith Police conducting an undercover, street-level, reverse drug sting in Putnam County, Florida, shot and killed one of their targets Friday night as
This evening, the U.S. Senate confirmed President Obama’s nomination of Michael Botticelli to become the next Director of the White House Office of National Drug
By Amber Langston “Let’s be honest; the war on marijuana has failed.” – Former Kansas City Police Chief Joseph McNamara Recently, the country lost a
An argument that doesn’t seem to have the weight it should among the legalization crowd is the amount that would be saved if the Drug
I just read a horrific story out of Baltimore, where a man was cavity searched during a drug search, during which no drugs were found.
By Phillip Smith The US Sentencing Commission Friday voted unanimously to make previously agreed upon federal drug sentencing reductions retroactive. That means tens of thousands of federal
Thousands of activists will take to the streets in more than 80 cities on June 26 to fight harmful drug laws that have caused health
Eliminating drug use is not possible and prohibition leads to mass incarceration, human rights abuses, a degradation of fundamental rights, corruption and violence. That is
By Phillip Smith The US Sentencing Commission (USSC) voted unanimously Thursday to reduce sentences for most federal drug trafficking defendants. The move comes as the federal prison population continues
By Phillip Smith Alexis Sanchez Agostini, who shot a member of the Puerto Rico Police Department’s Mayaguez Drugs division and then allegedly killed himself, becomes the
Special to the Chronicle by Bernd Debusmann, Jr., who is currently studying for an MA in International Journalism at City University London. Prior to that,
By John Payne Last Tuesday, Springfield City Councilwoman Jan Fisk, filed an ordinance proposal that would allow the Missouri National Guard to help fight the
By David Borden One of our rituals in the United States is the annual release of two major national surveys of drug use — the
By Phillip Smith Thirteen states, the District of Columbia, and the federal government have already passed laws making simple drug possession a misdemeanor instead of
By John Payne The following editorial was submitted to the Joplin Globe for publication this Sunday, in advance of the film screening on Monday. In the wee
By Phillip Smith Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), head of the Senate Appropriations Committee, last week blocked the release of $95 million in funds destined to
By Clarence Walker There is something rotten in Miami. A federal prosecutor there, Assistant US Attorney Andrea Hoffman, seems to have problems staying within the
(Bernd Debusmann Jr. has lived and worked in his native Mexico for the last two years, most of it as a full-time freelancer for Reuters
The Drug War’s Berlin Wall Is Down And So Is My Local Forest: Here’s The Connection I’m on my yucca-framed porch swing sipping an organic
