News Brief

A Homeland Security agent was living large on stolen dope money, a New York state cop was slinging coke and weed, and more.

West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin (D) calls for a new war on drugs and gets roundly ridiculed for it, appeals courts in Arizona and Michigan issue favorable medical marijuana rulings, a Missouri bill would end the asset forfeiture loophole that lets state police circumvent tough state laws by going to the feds, and more.

The legislative season is getting underway in the states and good and bad bills are starting to pop up, Michigan finally gets explictly allowed dispensaries, Wisconsin's GOP governor wants Trump to rid him of pesky federal regulations that block him from drug testing food stamp recipients, and more.

President Obama has just commuted the sentences of another 153 drug offenders, Maine legalization foes concede their recount isn't going anywhere, Marc Emery's Montreal pot shops get raided in a hurry, and more.

The US moves -- again -- to signal its displeasure with Philippines drug war killings, a marijuana descheduling petition could your help, easy-access naloxone comes to Georgia, and more.

New England marijuana policy is in flux, as Massachusetts legalizes it, Connecticut's governor disses it, and a key New Hampshire politicians says "let's do it," the DEA clarifies that CBD cannabis oils are still illegal under federal law, and more.

Beer industry figures suggest that marijuana may substitute for alcohol instead of complementing it.

Montana's dispensaries are coming back to life, Michigan's medical marijuana fees have been funding aggressive anti-marijuana law enforcement, and more.

A former Ohio sheriff goes to prison for stealing pills, a former New Mexico cop is in trouble for buying sex with meth, and more.

The bad news is that drug war deaths just keep coming. The good news is that they seem to be coming just a bit less frequently.