Last week, a group of hemp and marijuana advocates took the initial step toward overturning that law. Organized as a ...

The third thing to remember is that Trump is a mass murderer. His missile strikes on small, alleged "drug boats," most of ...

Two Republicans, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE), voted for the Meeks resolution. Conversely, two Democrats, Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), voted ...

For more than 25 years, Drug War Chronicle has been my most important source for US and international drug policy news. Through Deutscher Hanfverband, Germany's leading cannabis (marijuana) reform ...

StoptheDrugWar.org commends the arrest by Philippine authorities this morning of former President Rodrigo Duterte, under an International Criminal Court warrant served by Interpol. During his ...

In November 2020, voters in Oregon made history by becoming the first in the country to break with a century of drug war by approving the decriminalization of drug possession. Measure 110 not only put ...

As 2009 prepares to become history, we look back at the past year's domestic drug policy developments. With the arrival of a highly popular (at least at first) new president, Barack Obama, and ...

The state Senate on Monday approved Senate Bill 235 also known as "Tyler's Law" after an 18-year-old who died of a fentanyl overdose, which would impose a 10-year mandatory minimum sentence for some ...

On April 3, the Taliban announced a ban on drug cultivation in Afghanistan, for years the world's dominant opium producer, accounting for more than 80 percent of the global supply of the substance, ...

Faced with a choice between regulation and virtual extinction (or an existence in the black market) in the wake of the looming hemp ban, the hemp industry and its allies are embracing the former.

A Tampa, Florida, man was shot and killed by members of a SWAT team executing a search warrant over small-time marijuana sales on May 27. Jason Westcott, 29, becomes the 25 th person to die in US ...

Another note from our friends at Harm Reduction International: Virtual registration for #HR25Bogotá is open! Can’t attend the Harm Reduction International Conference 2025 in Bogotá? HR25 Virtual ...