DEA agent David White requested the records of seven San Francisco medical marijuana dispensaries last September. At least one of those dispensaries is now being targeted by...
Last week, the Narcotic Task Force headed by the DEA conducted a raid on ‘One on One Patients Association’, a legal medical marijuana dispensary in Downtown San Diego....
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,...
Sadly, but not unexpectedly, last week the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied a petition for rehearing filed be Americans for Safe Access...
The first dispensary in Phoenix has opened, dispensaries in Washington, DC, are ready to go, and there has been more federal enforcement activity in California. Let’s get...
President Barack Obama’s drug czar, Gil Kerlikowske, toed a strict line on marijuana Wednesday, saying federal laws will prevail, regardless of state-level efforts to legalize pot.
More DEA raids in Los Angeles, federal prison bureaucrats ignore a Michigan medical marijuana prisoner’s medical needs, and there is lots of action in state legislatures. Let’s...
Special to Drug War Chronicle by Clarence Walker, freelancewriter82@gmail.com When the tech world news web site CNET published excerpts of a leaked DEA memo explaining how, during an investigation, the...
The Drug Enforcement Administration said it will classify three marijuana-like chemicals as federally controlled substances to “avoid an imminent hazard to public safety.” “Synthetic cannabinoids” are chemicals...
The DEA has obtained a warrant for Oregon’s medical marijuana records. In the application for the warrant, the requesting DEA agent said, “I have probable cause to believe...
The Obama administration released its Fiscal Year 2014 budget proposal Wednesday, including its 2014 federal drug budget. Pundits and politicians on both sides of the aisle quickly pronounced...
The number of marijuana plants eradicated by law enforcement has plummeted in the last few years from a record high of over 10 million plants in 2009...
Special to Drug War Chronicle by Clarence Walker, freelancewriter82@gmail.com Blocked by a Supreme Court decision from using GPS tracking devices without a warrant, federal investigators and other law...
Charged with cracking down on the diversion of prescription drugs, the DEA has pursued doctors, pharmacists, pharmacy chains, and wholesale drug suppliers. It has now turned a...
Patient plaintiffs argue that federal appeals panel has set unreasonable standard for medical efficacy Medical marijuana patient advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) filed a petition...
“Former public servants, from DEA chiefs to cops, are using their clout to lobby for drug policies that enrich themselves.” That’s the sub-headline on today’s exceptional feature story on...
A common refrain in politics is that if you want to find the root cause of certain policies or stances, simply follow the money. Last week, U.S. News &...
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) on Tuesday blasted 8 former heads of the DEA for pressuring the Obama administration to crack down on laws legalizing the recreational use...
Eight former heads of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a joint statement Tuesday, calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to prevent Colorado and Washington from...
William R. Sherman, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) San Diego Field Division, has declared an outright war on medical marijuana patients...
