Andean Drug War

Kamala Harris (Creative Commons)

Harris Campaign Accuses Trump of Lying About Pot Policy, Houston Narc Goes on Trial for Murder, More... (9/10/24)

The Colombia government and a dissident FARC faction are headed back to the table for peace talks in Havana, and more.

Leftist Colombian President Gustavo Petro's peace talks with a FARC dissident rebel front have hit an obstacle. (Creative Commons)

2026 Idaho Legalization Init Planned, KY Sees Strong MedMJ Business Interest, More... (9/6/24)

From its coca-growing fiefdom in the country's southwest, Colombia's second-largest dissident FARC faction says peace talks with the government are stalled, and more.

Eradicating coca in Peru's Upper Huallaga River Valley (Peru Interior Ministry)

Federal Court Reject Pot Companies' Challenge to Prohibition, Peru Coca Eradication, More... (7/2/24)

California could see dueling initiatives seeking to increase fentanyl penalties, the Biden administration announces a new initiative on drug treatment for inmates, and more.

Colombian troops dismantling the coca and cocaine complex in Norte de Santander. (cgfm.mil.co)

NC Senate Approves MedMJ, DE House Approves Expedited Adult-Use Sales Bill, More... (6/20/24)

The Colombian Army has raided a coca- and cocaine-processing complex in Norte de Santander just as it has raided countless complexes before in its fruitless quest to repress the cocaine trade, and more.

Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema says drugs such as cocaine and Ecstasy should be regulated--not banned. (Creative Commons)

ND Legal Pot Initiative Filed, Amsterdam Mayor Calls for Regulated Cocaine, Ecstasy Sales, More... (4/16/24)

The UN says Colombian coca cultivation is at an all-time high, North Carolina lawmakers move to ban "gas station heroin," and more.

Xylazine. Senators want to see the State Department report on it during its annual drug reports.

VA Governor Vetoes Drug Residue Misdemeanor Bill, British Ban Nitazenes, More... (3/21/24)

A bipartisan pair of senators has filed a bill to require State Department reporting on xylazine, Colombia's president nudges rightist narco-paramilitaries toward peace negotiations, and more.

A Dutch marijuana coffeeshop. Under a pilot program beginning in June, some shops will start switching to a legal supply. (Creative Commons)

Supreme Court Limits First Step Act Safety Valve, KY MedMJ Bill Would Bar Patients with Drug Felonies, More... (3/18/24)

Dutch marijuana coffeeshops in a legal supply pilot program will have until September to go all legal supply, Colombia suspends a truce with a leftist rebel faction, and more.

Seized cocaine. Even amidst the fentanyl crisis, the US is still keeping an eye on cocaine, the drug czar says. (DHS)

Philly Mayor Nixes Opioid Settlement Funds for Needle Exchanges, MD Bill Would Hike Fentanyl OD Sentences, More... (3/7/24)

A federal court in Vermont rules that the ADA does not protect medical marijuana patients, the drug czar says the cocaine trade remains a US priority, and more.

Tiantepine or "gas station heroin" marketed as "Zaza"

US Sending Lethal Aid to Ecuador to Fight Drug Gangs, House Members Target "Gas Station Heroin," More... (1/22/24)

The Justice Department seeks to throw out a challenge to federal marijuana prohibition, MexicO wants to know where military grade weaponry reaching drug cartels is coming from, and more.

Los Choneros leader Jose Adolfo Macias Villamar, known as "Fito," being transferred between prisons in 2023. (FFAAE)

NJ & WA See Home Grow Bills Filed, Ecuador State of Emergency Over Cartels, More... (1/11/24)

The US is set to send assistance ot Ecuador as it battles rampaging drug gangs, a medical marijuana expansion bill gets filed in Delaware, and more.

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