Voters in the ski and snowboarding resort city of Breckenridge, Colorado overwhelmingly voted in favor of legalizing the possession of one ounce of marijuana for adults over 21 years old. Rocky Mountain High, indeed.

Over 300 alleged members of the "La Familia" Mexican drug cartel have been arrested in raids conducted throughout 19 U.S. states, according to Attorney General Eric Holder.

Diego "Don Diego" Montoya, the ex-leader of one of Colombia's most powerful drug cartels, was sentenced to 45 years in prison by a federal judge in Miami. Montoya's organization is believed to have been the leading smuggler of cocaine to the U.S. in the '90s.

The Obama Administration has advised federal law enforcement agencies to move away from arresting medical marijuana users and distributors in states where such activity is legal, reversing the Bush Administration's policy of prosecuting medical marijuana users in states where the sale was sanctioned.

Mexican police say they have confiscated a record-breaking 37 tons of meth in two separate raids. It's the largest meth bust in Mexico's history.

There's a drug war in Puerto Rico: at least 619 people have been killed in drug-related murders this year, surpassing 2008, which was previously the bloodiest year in the island's drug war. (via Foreign Policy)

Federal authorities in México have shut down 10 drug rehabilitation clinics in Ciudad Juárez after 28 people were killed in two separate incidents this month. Ciudad Juarez spokesman Sergio Belmonte: "They are recruitment centers, because their most faithful soldiers are the addicts."

Mexican Attorney General Eduardo Medina-Mora, who has often been accused of working with drug cartels, has resigned. (via Foreign Policy)

At least 18 people were killed at a drug treatment clinic in Ciudad Juárez, México after armed men stormed in and opened fire. Law enforcement officials say the gunmen were most likely targeting members of rival drug cartels who were in hiding.