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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.
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.
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.
"Rhino tranq" is now showing up in the domestic illicit opioid supply.

Daily Drug War Digest -- August 26, 2026

The White House's murderous campaign against "drug boats" continues, a dangerous new contaminant is making its way into the nation's illicit opioid markets, and more.
The Kremlin. The atmosphere grows ever chillier in Moscow. (Creative Commons)

Daily Drug War Digest -- August 14, 2026

An ICE/FBI effort to smear an immigrant ICE agents killed as a meth user has flopped, the Russian Federation has added the International Drug Policy Consortium to its list of "undesirable organizations," and more.
Pete Hegseth addresses the hemispheric anti-drug coalition. (DOD)

Daily Drug War Digest -- August 13, 2026

Pot use is at near or record highs, Hegseth warns of ICC interest in US boat strike killings, and more.
Colombia is the world's leading cocaine producer. Can its new leader change that? (Pixabay)

Daily Drug War Digest -- August 11, 2026

There is a new FDA application for MDMA to treat PTSD, CBS News and the Marshall Project release a joint investigation on drug testing pregnant women, and Colombia's new rightist president vows to get tough on drugs.