Executive Branch

Our March 2026 side event at the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs meeting discussed extrajudicial drug war killings by the Philippine and US governments, and called for information-gathering to prepare future criminal prosecutions of US officials for the Trump administration's unlawful strikes on alleged "drug boats".

As of now, there is less than a year until a ban on most hemp cannabinioid products goes into effect, but the industry and Congress are looking at fixes.

Rescheduling is only a start, not the end when it comes to marijuana policy reform.

An executive order by President Trump has directed the US Attorney General to expedite the rescheduling process. He has also signaled his administration is open to regulating -- not banning -- hemp-derived cannabinoids.

Obeying an order to kill unarmed civilians on the high seas could get American GIs in trouble.

For at least the sixth time in as many weeks, the US has blown an alleged boat carrying drugs out of the water in the Caribbean, a Colombian family says the strikes killed one of their members, and more.

The State Department has revoked the visas of dozens of Mexican politicians and government officials over cartel ties, Kazakhstan legalizes industrial hemp, and more.

Secretary of Defense Hegseth announces a new counternarcotics task force in the Caribbean, Singapore again resorts to the death penalty for a drug offender, and more.