Three More Drug War Deaths in June
An Indiana man died after eating drugs during a traffic stop, an Ohio man wanted on drug charges was killed by police during a traffic stop, and an Oregon man was killed by police breaking up an...
View ArticleFour July Drug War Deaths
The recent drug war killing of South Carolina teenager Zachary Hammond is drawing national attention, but he wasn't the only one to be killed by police enforcing drug laws in the month of July. At...
View ArticleMemphis Cop Killed After Interrupting $20 Marijuana Deal
The Memphis police officer who was shot and killed last Saturday night died after approaching a vehicle and interrupting an apparent marijuana transaction. Officer Sean Bolton was shot in the head...
View ArticleChronicle AM: WY MedMJ Init Underway, DOJ Investigating Police Killing of SC...
CBD cannabis oil goes on sale in England, a medical marijuana initiative is getting underway in Wyoming, the Justice Department will look into the police killing of teenager Zach Hammond in a...
View ArticleAnother Handful of Summer Drug War Deaths
The August 19 death of a black St. Louis teenager shot by police executing a drugs and guns search warrant got national attention and sparked local protests, but it was by no means the only drug...
View ArticleSeptember's Drug War Death Toll Includes Black Teen Armed Only With "Finger Gun"
Four more people died in the drug war last month, including two men shot and killed by police, one armed only with a stapler and the other armed only with a finger. A police officer and another man...
View ArticleThree More Drug War Deaths This Month
A SWAT team member in Ohio shot and killed an unarmed businessman, and SWAT teams in South Carolina and Mississippi killed two more people in drug enforcement on the same day this week. There is also...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Autopsy Claims Hogtied Man Was Killed By LSD, MA Init Hands in...
[image:1 align:right caption:true]Marijuana PolicyMassachusetts Legalization Initiative Campaign Hands in Signatures. The Marijuana Policy Project-backed Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol...
View ArticleDid "LSD Toxicity" Kill Troy Goode, Or Was It The Police Hogtie? [FEATURE]
This article was written in collaboration with AlterNet and first appeared here.A man who died after being hogtied by police in South Haven, Mississippi, earlier this year, was killed by "complications...
View ArticleFive More Useless Drug War Deaths Last Month
At least five people died at the hands of law enforcement officers attempting to enforce the drug laws between October 30 and the end of November, bringing the Drug War Chronicle's drug war death toll...
View ArticleThe Most Outrageous Drug War Deaths of 2015 [FEATURE]
An as yet unnamed man killed by police in Rawlins, Wyoming, on December 30, after they were called to a convenience store about a person believed to be selling drugs in the parking lot, and Burlington,...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Seattle Shrinks MJ Buffer Zones, 2nd Chance Reauth Heads for...
Seattle moves to ease zoning restrictions on pot businesses, Ohio GOP lawmakers form medical marijuana task force, Mexico creates marijuana debate website, and more.[image:1 align:right...
View ArticleChronicle AM: More Obama Commutations, SC Town Pays Big for Killing Teen in...
The president has commuted sentences for another 61 federal drug offenders, Maine legalizers are fighting to get their signatures validated and their initiative on the ballot, a South Carolina town...
View ArticleChronicle AM: NH Decrim Back From the Dead, 4/20 MJ Sales Topped $37.5...
Americans spent a lot of money on weed for 4/20, Dana Rohrabacher endorses California's AUMU pot legalization initiative, New Hampshire decrim rises from the dead, and more.[image:1...
View ArticleChronicle AM: CA MJ Ticket Race Disparities Persist, Bolivians Protest New US...
Two presidential candidates get "A" grades on marijuana policy, racial disparities in marijuana law enforcement persist in Los Angeles even in the age of decriminalization, Bolivians protest a new US...
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