During our brief, half-hiatus, This Week in Drugs will be focusing exclusively on weekly news updates for the next month and a half or so.

News Updates:

Police Departments use Young People as Confidential Informants and it’s Fucked Up.

Cherokee Chief Vetoes Marijuana Study; Council Uphold Veto

Teen drunk driving rates have plummeted since 2002

Prison Policy Initiative Releases report on mass incarceration

Forecasts:

December 14-16, 2015: High Times Cannabis Business Conference

April 15-17, 2016: #SSDP2016