Marijuana Policy

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.

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.

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.

Pennsylvania lawmakers talk marijuana legalization, US troops and DEA agents take part in drug raids in Ecuador, and more.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.