Bipartisan Bill to Push Hemp Ban Back Two More Years Filed [FEATURE]
Lawmakers moved to lengthen the window the hemp industry has to come up with a regulatory scheme before a congressionally-approved ban on most hemp cannabinoids goes into effect.
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Fixing the Hemp Ban: Industry and Legislative Proposals [FEATURE]
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.
US military strike on alleged "drug boat" in the Caribbean
Important Message and Alert About the Boat Strikes
Dear Reformer, Last February I warned President Trump might attempt Duterte-style extrajudicial drug war killings in the United States. In a different way, Trump is now doing extrajudicial drug war
Congress Bans Most Hemp Products, Leaving Industry Unsettled and Uncertain [FEATURE]
The industry has a year to get Congress to change its mind.
Products such as these will be prohibited if Congress does not replace its hemp ban with a regulatory approach instead. (Creative Commons)
No Need to Ban Hemp Products When You Can Regulate Them, Advocates Say [FEATURE]
Industry experts propose regulation over outright bans, urging Congress to craft a viable framework for the $30 billion hemp market instead of pushing it toward collapse.
Mitch McConnell has reversed course on hemp derivatives. (Gage Skidmore)
Mitch McConnell Helped Usher in the Hemp Industry, Now He Is Working to Effectively Kill It [FEATURE]
Will Congress move to regulate hemp-derived cannabinoids or to ban them?
One of the South American "drug boats" blown out of the water by the US military. The death stands at 43 so far. (DOD)
Do Trump Drug Boat Killings Expose US Servicemembers to Criminal Liability? [FEATURE]
Obeying an order to kill unarmed civilians on the high seas could get American GIs in trouble.
Pannir Pranthaman. Executed last week in Singapore for less than two ounces of heroin. (Amnesty International)
Senate GOP Blocks Bid to Rein In Trump's Caribbean Military Strikes, Singapore Hangs Another Drug Offender, More... (10/13/25)
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.
The Pentagon blows an alleged Venezuelan drug boat out of the water. (DOD)
Congressional Democrats Take Aim at Trump's Murderous Drug Boat Attacks [FEATURE]
Congressional Democrats are not the only ones raising serious concerns about a policy that allows the US military to kill criminal suspects on the high seas.
Chronicle Book Review -- Rehab: An American Scandal
Too often, rehab is a racket.