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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.