Drug War Chronicle

Facing a court challenge, the DEA cancels an administrative hearing on its proposed ban of two psychedelic substances; a new poll suggests the Florida legal weed initiative will win, and more.

Connecticut expands its list of qualifying conditions for medical marijuana, an Illinois bill ending mandatory reporting of positive newborn drug tests to law enforcement goes to the governor, and more.

The Senate has passed a resolution demanding Russia free imprisoned Pennsylvania medical marijuana patient Marc Fogel, and more.

The Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee had doubts approving a treatment program that uses MDMA in psychotherapy as a treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Advocates are dismayed and say it's a lifesaver.

A New Jersey poll finds majority support for therapeutic psilocybin, the White House has been busy on the harm reduction front this week, and more.

House and Senate conferees in New Hampshire are trying to hammer out a compromise to save a marijuana legalization bill, Ohio prepares for its first legal pot shop applicants, and more.

Customs and Border Patrol has cut the period of acceptable last marijuana use for recruits from two years to 90 days, the federal defense bill is the locus of several drug policy-related amendments, and more.

A new Tennessee poll has a strong majority for marijuana legalization, a Japanese three-year-old is honored for spotting an opium poppy, and more.

A dangerous new substance is entering the nation's illicit powder drug supply, the New Hampshire marijuana legalization bill is now going to conference committee, and more.

Amitav Ghosh creates a rich, provocative, and eye-opening portrait of the rise of the opium trade.