News Brief

A new Louisiana law mandates prison time for pot possession in a school zone (including universities), an Arizona initiative would label drug cartels terrorist organizations, and more.

Cops are using opioid settlement funds to buy Flock cameras, Vietnam contemplates restricting the death penalty for drug offenses, and more.

Colorado's governor pardons more marijuana offenders, Florida's governor gets caught using taxpayer funds to campaign against a marijuana legalization initiative, and more.

Colombia's rightist president begins an escalating fight against drug traffickers, Illinois adds a pair of qualifying conditions for medical marijuana, and more.

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 Trump administration's lethal campaign against "drug boats" is back, marijuana arrests topped 200,000 last year, and more.

And 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.

Pot use is at near or record highs, Hegseth warns of ICC interest in US boat strike killings, and more.

Houston will vote on marijuana deprioritization and banning no-knock raids, the Trump administration uses funny numbers as it rolls out a "treatment first" initiative for the homeless, and more.

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.