Michigan and Nevada weigh marijuana tax changes; new boat strikes and Philippine accountability cases draw scrutiny, and recent drug-policy journals, videos, and events offer more to explore.
Houston. The nation's fourth largest city will vote Tuesday on making marijuana possession the lowest law enforcement priority and ending no-knock raids. (Pixabay)
Voters in the nation's fourth-largest city will vote on whether to make marijuana possession the lowest law enforcement priority and put an end to no-knock drug raids.
Drug War Chronicle is back, it's in full swing, and it's been enhanced. But the changes could be short-lived, if we don't grow the organization's funding.
Intoxicating hemp beverages face a day of reckoning, both in New Jersey and at the federal level. (Creative Commons)
ICC prosecutors seek additional witness evidence in the Duterte case, Dahas examines Cebu (Philippines) drug-war deaths, New Jersey advances hemp legislation, and new research explores THC dosing, hemp beverages and psilocybin.
Ben Saul (right) speaks at a UN press conference on October 22, 2026. Screenshot: UN Web TV.
Booker challenges DEA cannabis employment restrictions, the Philippines offers a reward for Duterte's police chief / top killer / Philippine senator in hiding, and US counterdrug policy draws scrutiny. Plus international developments, psychedelic access, research and events.
Nanette Castillo holds a portrait of her son Aldrin, who was killed in 2017. (Image: Philippine Truth Commission, via YouTube)
A poll finds declining approval of Trump's cannabis policies among marijuana consumers, Nebraska's Walz promises medical marijuana action, an Indiana ruling addresses forfeiture complaints, and more.
Kratom and OH-7 products are sold in various forms. (US FDA)
Drug policy groups challenge a Bolivian sterilization proposal, new Massachusetts polls oppose marijuana sales repeal, a Philippine Truth Commission hears testimony, and more.
coca leaves drying by highway, Chapare region (Phil Smith for Drug War Chronicle, 2007)
(This article initially ran as part of our Daily Drug War Digest on October 13, 2026 .) The Transnational Institute's Martin Jelsma has authored an autopsy on