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The US military is participating in drug raids in Ecuador (Ecuador Interior Ministry)

Daily Drug War Digest -- September 25, 2026

Pennsylvania lawmakers talk marijuana legalization, US troops and DEA agents take part in drug raids in Ecuador, and more.
Scotland leads Europe in fatal drug overdoses. The Scottish government wants drug decriminalization, but London doesn't. (Creative Commons)

Daily Drug War Digest -- September 24, 2026

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.
A Boston street. Marijuana is on the minds of voters and regulators alike in the Bay State. (Creative Commons)

Daily Drug War Digest -- September 22, 2026

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 keeps blowing up "drug boats" and killing their crews. (SOUTHCOM))

Daily Drug War Digest -- September 21, 2026

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 Democratic governor candidate Rob Sand tries to ride a blue-green wave to victory in November. (RobSand.com)
Iowa Democratic governor candidate Rob Sand tries to ride a blue-green wave to victory in November. (RobSand.com)

Daily Drug War Digest -- September 18, 2026

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.
Legal marijuana sales in Virginia inch ever closer. (Creative Commons)

Daily Drug War Digest -- September 17, 2026

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.
Rodrigo Duterte is about to get his day in court. (Creative Commons)

Daily Drug War Digest -- September 16, 2026

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.
Medical marijuana is now the unchallenged law of the land in the Cornhusker State. (Creative Commons)
Medical marijuana is now the unchallenged law of the land in the Cornhusker State. (Creative Commons)

Daily Drug War Digest -- September 15, 2026

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.
Mexico's Supreme Court says adults can make and consume their own marijuana edibles. (Kayse1/Flickr)
Mexico's Supreme Court says adults can make and consume their own marijuana edibles. (Kayse1/Flickr)

Daily Drug War Digest -- September 14, 2026

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.
Los Tiguerones take over a Quito TV station in 2024 (Screen grab/Los Noticias)
Los Tiguerones take over a Quito TV station in 2024 (Screen grab/Los Noticias)

Daily Drug War Digest -- September 10, 2026

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.