fentanyl (Creative Commons)
DHS Considers Classifying Fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction [FEATURE]
Is this a serious effort to protect the country, or is it a cynical exercise in bureaucratic budget-bolstering instead?
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an Amsterdam coffee shop (Creative Commons)
Holland's Half-Baked Attempt to Return to the Marijuana Vanguard [FEATURE]
After more than 30 years, the Dutch are finally going to do something about "the back door problem."
cocaine interdicted by US Customs (dhs.gov)
The War on Cocaine Only Strengthens Drug Cartels, Study Finds [FEATURE]
It's not ineffective interdiction that helps drug trafficking organizations expand, but interdiction itself.
Drug execution in Iran, 2017. The Islamic Republic has greatly reduced the use of the death penalty for drugs. (handsoffcain)
Transforming Global Drug Policy: From A Punisher Paradigm to Embracing Human Rights [FEATURE]
It's way past time for human rights to be accorded its proper place in the formulation of international drug policy.
Kellyanne Conway, Trump drug policy advisor (somehow). (Twitter)
A little dab'll do ya. (Creative Commons)
Microdosing Psychedelics "Could Be Beneficial," Study Suggests [FEATURE]
For the first time, rigorous science finds benefits in microdosing psychedelics.
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Chronicle AM: No Legal Pot for NJ (Yet), CO Drug Defelonization Bill Filed, Guam Legal Pot Bill, More... (3/28/19)
New Jersey doesn't yet have the votes to pass legalization, Guam sends a legalization bill to the governor, a Colorado drug defelonization bill gets filed, and more.
The state of New Jersey is banking on marijuana tax revenues. Now, to get that bill passed. (Creative Commons)
Chronicle AM: Legal Pot Bill This Week in NJ, Global Drug War Human Rights Guidelines Issued, More... (3/18/19)
A New Mexico pot legalization bill dies and the governor says she will take it up next year, Minneapolis will quit charging small-time pot offenders, UN bodies and member states issue drug war human rights guidelines, a federal prisoner sues for access to methadone treatment, and more.
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Trump's Bombing Campaign Against Taliban Heroin Labs Quietly Fizzles [FEATURE]
Operation Iron Tempest ends not with a bang but a whimper.
vindictive anti-marijuana Rep. Andy Harris (house.gov)
Anti-Marijuana Congressman Presses Felony Charges for Live Stream of Staff Meeting [FEATURE]
It's a low move, even for Harris.