Border Patrol Agents Knowingly Let Drugs In
A lack of backup on the ground means armed traffickers are often allowed to proceed, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement source tells The Fix.
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Prohibition in Real-Time: the House Votes to Criminalize Dozens of New Chemicals, Putting Politics Before Science
Anecdotal evidence beat out science in debate over the bill, which will ban 40 relatively unknown chemicals found in bath salts and fake pot, and make researching them difficult.
Bears’ Sam Hurd, Busted For Buying Drugs From A Homeland Security Agent, Had Customers Including NFL Players: Report
Former Cowboy allegedly had athlete buyers in 'double digits'
Critiques Persist of Police Marijuana Arrests
This week, a question: How many marijuana arrests are too many?
Mexico Drug War Casualty: Citizenry Suffers Post-Traumatic Stress
Outwardly, life seems normal; but as drug war kidnappings, extortion, and violence brush closer to the average citizen, experts say, the mental terrain looks like post-traumatic stress.
Basque Country to Legalize, Regulate Marijuana
The parliament of Spain's Basque Country Autonomous Community will approve a new drug law early next year that will regulate marijuana cultivation, distribution, and consumption, EFE reported Tuesday.
Government Study Finds Nearly Half of Drug Courts Do Not Reduce Recidivism
Only 18 of 32 Drug Courts Showed Statistically Significant Reduction in Re-Arrest Rates of Drug Court Participants
Gary Johnson Outs Newt Gingrich? ‘Among 100 Million Americans Who Smoke Marijuana’
Gingrich proposed the the death penalty for possession of marijuana despite his own personal use
Justice Department Says Dea Drug-Laundering “stings” Date Back to Reagan Presidency
A top Justice Department official on Wednesday confirmed the existence of ongoing investigations where agents have laundered drug-proceed money to Mexican drug cartels as part of a sting run, but he defended those probes against Republicans’ attacks.
Selling the Drug War for $3 Billion? How the Pentagon Will Privatize an International War on Drugs
In part of a move to transfer tactics from the "war on terror" to the "war on drugs", the Pentagon is paying private security firms millions to fight the drug war internationally.
