For the past two years, Drug War Chronicle has been tracking all the US deaths directly attributable to domestic drug law enforcement, including the border. You can...
07:38pm Philadelphia keeps on paying for its out-of-control drug squad, and a pair of probation officers have pill-pilfering problems. Let’s get to it: In Philadelphia, the city...
I have written before about how dangerous and corrupting Civil Forfeiture Laws are. The Institute for Justice reports Judge Dan Pelligrini in Pennsylvania has gone so far as to call them...
A month after Washington became the first state in the nation to legalize marijuana for adult recreational use, the Seattle Police Department has relaxed its rules on...
012 Electronic Freedom Foundation board member and drug policy reform activist John Gilmore memo: EFF.ORG (where I’m on the board) filed a Freedom of Information request to FAA about...
Who knew throwing a cigarette butt out of your car window in Texas (sure it’s littering) would lead to a publicly humiliating body cavity search under the...
04:54pm A small-town Florida department run amok loses its chief–at least temporarily–an Alabama cop gets caught delivering weed, four South Texas cops get caught running cocaine,...
06:13pm A Memphis police officer was shot and killed early Friday morning during a marijuana raid, and, hours later, a Dallas man was shot and killed...
05:17pm 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...
04:40pm Another Border Patrol agent goes bad, an Orlando cop power trips his way to trouble, a former Texas cop has problems with sticky fingers, and...
04:35pm Police officers in Buford, Georgia, shot and killed a man who refused to drop his weapon after they encountered him as they investigated a report...
03:12pm There seem to be some problems with drug task force leadership in Mississippi, and a Michigan cop gets in trouble for treating the forfeiture shed...
SPD’s “Marijwhatnow? A Guide to Legal Marijuana Use In Seattle” is the most-read news release in Seattle police history and is getting attention around the world.
03:58pm Cincinnati Police undercover officers shot and killed one man and wounded another during a drug buy gone bad Wednesday night. Montez Oneal, 19, becomes the...
Arresting and prosecuting low-level marijuana offenders in New York City has little or no impact on law enforcement efforts to reduce violent crime, according to a study...
012, 03:12pm 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...
04:00pm A tweaked out former Oklahoma police chief cops a plea, a Mississippi cop admits to running interference for supposed drug traffickers, and a Louisiana narc...