Drug War Chronicle

MA marijuana regulators are working to overhaul the system, Latin American countries are joining the US in designating drug trafficking groups as foreign terrorist organizations, and more.

The US kills four more seamen in yet another "drug boat" attack; the Boston Freedom Rally was the largest yet as the state faces a pot legalization repeal initiative, and more.

Iowa Democrat Rob Sand is leading in the governor's race and wants to legalize marijuana; a bipartisan pair of US senators filed a bill to make it easier to access federal addiction grants, and more.

The Trump administration rants about fentanyl but sends federal agents assigned to fight it to instead help deport maids and day laborers, UN experts call for racial justice in drug policy, and more.

Marijuana industry money is going to support vulnerable GOP congressmen, including some who oppose marijuana legalization; the White House rolls out its annual list of drug-producing or trafficking countries, and more.

The Nebraska Supreme Court shuts down the final challenge to the state's voter-approved medical marijuana law; thousands march to demand peace in cartel faction violence-plagued Sinaloa, Mexico, and more.

The US military has blasted another "drug boat" out of the water, Mexico's Supreme Court rules that adults can make and consume their own marijuana edibles, and more.

Marijuana foes are outspending supporters in Massachusetts as voters prepare to vote on ending legal sales and home grows, Colombia prepares a pilot project of coca eradication via aerial spraying, and more.

A New York state trooper cops a plea for letting confidential law enforcement information in a major drug investigation get into the hands of one of its targets, and more.

Opium production is rebounding in Southwest Asia's Golden Crescent, German cannabis clubs keep popping up like weeds, and more.