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THC gummy bears are heading for the exits in Oklahoma. (Creative Commons)

Drug War Daily Digest -- October 16, 2026

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.
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The Rio Grande River divides Texas from Mexico. (Creative Commons)

Daily Drug War Digest -- October 15, 2026

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.
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Making ayahuasca in the Amazon. (Chris Kilham)
Making ayahuasca in the Amazon. (Chris Kilham)

Daily Drug War Digest -- October 14, 2026

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.
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Indigenous people in South America have used coca for thousands of years. (Creative Commons)
Indigenous people in South America have used coca for thousands of years. (Creative Commons)

Daily Drug War Digest -- October 13, 2026

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.
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One of the dozens of lethal US military attacks on "drug boats" (SouthCom)

Drug War Daily Digest -- October 12, 2026

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.
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New Zealand's ruling National Party wants to drug test jobseekers. (Creative Commons)

Drug War Daily Digest -- October 9, 2026

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.
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Oral drug testing for truck drivers is a step closer. (Creative Commons)

Daily Drug War Digest -- October 8, 2026

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.
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The West African iboga tree, whence comes ibogaine. (Creative Commons)
The West African iboga tree, whence comes ibogaine. (Creative Commons)

Daily Drug War Digest -- October 6, 2026

New limitations on weed purchases go into effect in Ohio, a kratom regulation bill advances in Pennsylvania, and more.
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Georgia patients will no longer have to go to the dispensary after the state okayed home deliveries. (Creative Commons)
Georgia patients will no longer have to go to the dispensary after the state okayed home deliveries. (Creative Commons)

Daily Drug War Digest -- October 5, 2026

There are now three Florida marijuana legalization initiative campaigns aimed at 2028, the US conducts another lethal attack on a "drug boat" in the Caribbean, and more.
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Is there a triad hiding behind that hemp field. Some GOP senators want to know. (Creative Commons)

Daily Drug War Digest -- October 2, 2026

Houston will vote on making pot possession the lowest law enforcement priority, a group of GOP senators warn of Chinese criminal organizations infiltrating the marijuana and hemp industries, and more.
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The Trump administration's justification for its lethal boat attacks is going before a federal judge, who will decide whether to make it public. (DOD)

Daily Drug War Digest -- October 1, 2026

A federal judge orders the Pentagon to show him the memo it uses to justify its lethal strikes on Latin American seamen, a DEA judge halts the marijuana rescheduling process to review a GAO report that found problems with how HHS made its rescheduling determination, and more.
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Daily Drug War Digest -- September 29, 2026

The US revokes the visas of Latin American officials it accuses of links to the drug trade; the BC Supreme Court voids the conviction of Vancouver harm reductionists for distributing "safe supply" drugs, and more.
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Daily Drug War Digest -- September 28, 2026

Corrections Canada is embracing harm reduction by handing out snorting straws and drug testing strips to prisoners, marijuana arrests declined dramatically in Virginia after legalization, and more.
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The US military is participating in drug raids in Ecuador (Ecuador Interior Ministry)

Daily Drug War Digest -- September 25, 2026

Pennsylvania lawmakers talk marijuana legalization, US troops and DEA agents take part in drug raids in Ecuador, and more.
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Scotland leads Europe in fatal drug overdoses. The Scottish government wants drug decriminalization, but London doesn't. (Creative Commons)

Daily Drug War Digest -- September 24, 2026

Trump tells a drug policy whopper at the UN; Idaho is set to vote on an initiative that would end citizens' ability to change drug policy through the initiative process, and more.
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The number of pot-buying options in Bangkok is likely to shrink dramatically in coming years. (Pixabay)
The number of pot-buying options in Bangkok is likely to shrink dramatically in coming years. (Pixabay)

Daily Drug War Digest -- September 23, 2026

US, Canadian, and Latin American lawmakers call for an end to the Trump administration's boat strike campaign, China tightens controls on two more precursor chemicals, and more.
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A Boston street. Marijuana is on the minds of voters and regulators alike in the Bay State. (Creative Commons)

Daily Drug War Digest -- September 22, 2026

MA marijuana regulators are working to overhaul the system, Latin American countries are joining the US in designating drug trafficking groups as foreign terrorist organizations, and more.
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The US keeps blowing up "drug boats" and killing their crews. (SOUTHCOM))

Daily Drug War Digest -- September 21, 2026

The US kills four more seamen in yet another "drug boat" attack; the Boston Freedom Rally was the largest yet as the state faces a pot legalization repeal initiative, and more.