In the Newsletters

We haven't looked at the DRC's weekly Chronicle in a long time. This is another free newsletter you should be subscribing to if you want to keep up on the latest developments in the war on some drugs. This week's issue is chock full of interesting updates. Check out the on the ground report of the re-launch of The States' Rights to Medical Marijuana Act that made some national news due to Montel Williams having appeared at the press conference.

The forfeiture abuse story is also a must read. The Albuquerque PD, already under scrutiny for numerous incidents of missing drugs, weapons, and cash from their evidence room was caught illegally using $32,000 of forfeiture funds to compensate an armored car company whose business it destroyed during a 19 hour SWAT team standoff with a single burglary suspect.

And don't miss the item on the Prison Design Boycott Campaign. A group of over 400 architects have organized to urge the industry to simply stop designing prisons.