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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Drug policy groups challenge a Bolivian sterilization proposal, new Massachusetts polls oppose marijuana sales repeal, a Philippine Truth Commission hears testimony, and more.

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.

Tarheel state voters are ready for marijuana legalization whether their Republican lawmakers are or not, Hegseth is deploying US troops to Panama for jungle training as part of his ever-expanding anti-drug crusade, and more.

The US Army is sending troops to the Rio Grande Valley as cartel activity heightens, German marijuana legalization did not lead to a nation of stoners, and more.

An Iowa church is very near being able to import ayahuasca for use as a religious sacrament, Pennsylvania's high court refuses to modify the state's draconian drug delivery resulting in death law, and more.

More prison and jail guards break bad, a former Pennsylvania police chief led a one-man crime wave, and more.

The feds are cracking down on kratom derivatives, a critical analysis of the WHO's decision not to recommend re- or de-scheduling coca is released, and more.

The initiative and referendum process has long been a tool for advancing progressive drug policy reforms. This year is different.

A Yale event with the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism will address Trump's "drug boat" strikes, Indonesia moves to reform drug sentencing, and more.

Tennessee lawmakers have been trying to pass medical marijuana for more than a decade, and they're at it again this year; MPP calls on supporters to tell Congress to quash the hemp ban, and more.

Senate Republicans target kratom and its analogs, Massachusetts elected officials come out against an initiative to repeal commercial marijuana legalization and home grows, and more.

New limitations on weed purchases go into effect in Ohio, a kratom regulation bill advances in Pennsylvania, and more.