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  • Colombia's Tolemaida military base. (Army.mil)
    Colombia's Tolemaida military base. (Army.mil)

    Drug War Daily Digest -- October 28, 2026

    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)
    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)

    Houston Needs a Better Marijuana Policy. Is Proposition A the Answer? [FEATURE]

    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.
  • Intoxicating hemp beverages face a day of reckoning, both in New Jersey and at the federal level. (Creative Commons)
    Intoxicating hemp beverages face a day of reckoning, both in New Jersey and at the federal level. (Creative Commons)

    Drug War Daily Digest - October 26, 2026

    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) speaking at a UN press conference.
    Ben Saul (right) speaks at a UN press conference on October 22, 2026. Screenshot: UN Web TV.

    Drug War Daily Digest, October 23, 2026

    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 in the Philippine Truth Commission public truth-telling poster.
    Nanette Castillo holds a portrait of her son Aldrin, who was killed in 2017. (Image: Philippine Truth Commission, via YouTube)

    Drug War Daily Digest -- October 22, 2026

    A UN expert calls for drug legalization and an end to the "narco-terrorism" war, Virginia's Senate leader faces federal marijuana charges, and more.
  • New polling suggests marijuana consumers are increasingly bummed out over the Trump administration's pot policies. (Creative Commons/Gage Skidmore)

    Drug War Daily Digest -- October 21, 2026

    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 War Daily Digest -- October 20, 2026

    Drug policy groups challenge a Bolivian sterilization proposal, new Massachusetts polls oppose marijuana sales repeal, a Philippine Truth Commission hears testimony, and more.
  • The deadly US campaign targeting ships in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific is drawing renewed scrutiny. (SouthCom)

    Drug War Daily Digest -- October 19, 2026

    Magic mushrooms will be a lowest law enforcement priority in Portland beginning October 30, Los Angeles officials warn of a dangerous new synthetic opioid, and more.