Congress Bans Most Hemp Products, Leaving Industry Unsettled and Uncertain [FEATURE]
The industry has a year to get Congress to change its mind.
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Products such as these will be prohibited if Congress does not replace its hemp ban with a regulatory approach instead. (Creative Commons)
No Need to Ban Hemp Products When You Can Regulate Them, Advocates Say [FEATURE]
Industry experts propose regulation over outright bans, urging Congress to craft a viable framework for the $30 billion hemp market instead of pushing it toward collapse.
Mitch McConnell has reversed course on hemp derivatives. (Gage Skidmore)
Mitch McConnell Helped Usher in the Hemp Industry, Now He Is Working to Effectively Kill It [FEATURE]
Will Congress move to regulate hemp-derived cannabinoids or to ban them?
One of the South American "drug boats" blown out of the water by the US military. The death stands at 43 so far. (DOD)
Do Trump Drug Boat Killings Expose US Servicemembers to Criminal Liability? [FEATURE]
Obeying an order to kill unarmed civilians on the high seas could get American GIs in trouble.
Pannir Pranthaman. Executed last week in Singapore for less than two ounces of heroin. (Amnesty International)
Senate GOP Blocks Bid to Rein In Trump's Caribbean Military Strikes, Singapore Hangs Another Drug Offender, More... (10/13/25)
Secretary of Defense Hegseth announces a new counternarcotics task force in the Caribbean, Singapore again resorts to the death penalty for a drug offender, and more.
The Pentagon blows an alleged Venezuelan drug boat out of the water. (DOD)
Congressional Democrats Take Aim at Trump's Murderous Drug Boat Attacks [FEATURE]
Congressional Democrats are not the only ones raising serious concerns about a policy that allows the US military to kill criminal suspects on the high seas.
Chronicle Book Review -- Rehab: An American Scandal
Too often, rehab is a racket.
Vice-President JD Vance. Sen. Rand Paul has called him out for callous remarks about killing suspected drug smugglers. (senate.gov)
Rand Pauls Rips JP Vance Over Drug Boat Attack Comments, Swiss Take Another Step Toward Legal Weed Market, More... (9/10/25)
Santa Cruz County is moving to join California's ever-growing ranks of localities that allow for marijuana consumption lounges, Nebraska medical marijuana regulators tighten up commercial grow rules in a bid to appease the Republican governor, and more.
Fentanyl seized in Portland, OR. A new federal bill would impose harsh penalties for fentanyl offenses. (Multnomah County Sheriff)
GOP Bill Would Charge Fentanyl Sales as Attempted Murder, NC Legal Weed Bill Filed, More... (9/2/25)
Maybe the fifth time will be the charm for a Nebraska marijuana legalization initiative, a bill in the House would charge fentanyl sales as attempted murder -- even with no overdose -- and more.
The Capitol. Can marijuana legalization advance in a GOP-controlled Congress? Stay tuned.
Democratic House Members Reintroduce Comprehensive Marijuana Legalization Bill [FEATURE]
The MORE Act is back. It would end federal marijuana prohibition -- and more.