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.
Rodrigo Duterte is about to get his day in court. (Creative Commons)
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 CIA is already operating Reaper drones like this one over Mexico. (Air Force)
A billion "low-value" packages skate past Customs each year. Some contain cheap clothing from China; others contain fentanyl, and a new Senate bill aims to do something about both. But will it actually help?
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center. (ACLU)
A new report from Human Rights Watch and the Drug Policy Alliance lifts the lid on some sordid practices in America's intertwined wars on drugs and immigrants.
A House panel advances a bill aimed at therapeutic psychedelics for military veterans, a South Carolina committee chair pronounces a medical marijuana bill dead, and more.