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Iowa Democrat Rob Sand is leading in the governor's race and wants to legalize marijuana; a bipartisan pair of US senators filed a bill to make it easier to access federal addiction grants, and more.

The Trump administration rants about fentanyl but sends federal agents assigned to fight it to instead help deport maids and day laborers, UN experts call for racial justice in drug policy, and more.

Marijuana industry money is going to support vulnerable GOP congressmen, including some who oppose marijuana legalization; the White House rolls out its annual list of drug-producing or trafficking countries, and more.

The Nebraska Supreme Court shuts down the final challenge to the state's voter-approved medical marijuana law; thousands march to demand peace in cartel faction violence-plagued Sinaloa, Mexico, and more.

The US military has blasted another "drug boat" out of the water, Mexico's Supreme Court rules that adults can make and consume their own marijuana edibles, and more.

Marijuana foes are outspending supporters in Massachusetts as voters prepare to vote on ending legal sales and home grows, Colombia prepares a pilot project of coca eradication via aerial spraying, and more.

A New York state trooper cops a plea for letting confidential law enforcement information in a major drug investigation get into the hands of one of its targets, and more.

Opium production is rebounding in Southwest Asia's Golden Crescent, German cannabis clubs keep popping up like weeds, and more.

House members seek Trump administration guidance on marijuana as Schedule III, Australia's New South Wales will resume festival drug checking after a successful pilot program, and more.

A new Louisiana law mandates prison time for pot possession in a school zone (including universities), an Arizona initiative would label drug cartels terrorist organizations, and more.

Cops are using opioid settlement funds to buy Flock cameras, Vietnam contemplates restricting the death penalty for drug offenses, and more.

Colorado's governor pardons more marijuana offenders, Florida's governor gets caught using taxpayer funds to campaign against a marijuana legalization initiative, and more.

Colombia's rightist president begins an escalating fight against drug traffickers, Illinois adds a pair of qualifying conditions for medical marijuana, and more.

The White House's murderous campaign against "drug boats" continues, a dangerous new contaminant is making its way into the nation's illicit opioid markets, and more.

The Trump administration's lethal campaign against "drug boats" is back, marijuana arrests topped 200,000 last year, and more.

An ICE/FBI effort to smear an immigrant ICE agents killed as a meth user has flopped, the Russian Federation has added the International Drug Policy Consortium to its list of "undesirable organizations," and more.

Pot use is at near or record highs, Hegseth warns of ICC interest in US boat strike killings, and more.

Houston will vote on marijuana deprioritization and banning no-knock raids, the Trump administration uses funny numbers as it rolls out a "treatment first" initiative for the homeless, and more.

There is a new FDA application for MDMA to treat PTSD, CBS News and the Marshall Project release a joint investigation on drug testing pregnant women, and Colombia's new rightist president vows to get tough on drugs.

A pair of New Mexico narcs break bad, a massive Mississippi Delta police corruption scandal takes down two more crooked cops, and more.