Drug War Chronicle

The International Drug Policy Consortium has released a damning report on the status of the global war on drugs.

Another CBP officer falls prey to temptation, and more.

The Japanese parliament approves legislation allowing for medical use but criminalizing recreational use of marijuana, a bipartisan bill to mandate that hospitals test for the presence of fentanyl is introduced, and more.

Germany's marijuana legalization gets delayed until next year, Vancouver activist Dana Larsen opens up a second drug-checking operation in the Downtown Eastside, and more.

A new Florida poll suggests that if the marijuana legalization initiative can get past the Supreme Court it can get past the finish line, a bipartisan Wisconsin bill would decriminalize pot possession, and more.

The feds want to add fentanyl to the current drug screening panel for truck drivers and safety-sensitive federal workers, Ohio Republicans are in a hurry to modify voter-approved marijuana legalization, and more.

When privileged youth meet Xanax, watch out!

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) says he is open to home grows but not just yet, Arizona regulators take the first steps toward clinical trials for psilocybin, and more.

IA small-town Indiana cop gets in trouble for a single pot plant, a Miami cop was enticed into ripping off what he thought were drug dealers, and more.

The Ohio GOP is hard at work on coming up with ways to mess with the voter approved marijuana legalizaion initiative before it goes into effect next month, New Hampshire's GOP governor comes up with some last-minute must-haves that derail a move toward marijuana legalization, and more.