News Brief

Afghan farmers are cultivating more opium than last year, officials said Monday.

It's no April Fools' Day joke -- Rhode Island has decriminalized marijuana.

In its war against the diversion of prescription pills, the DEA has targeted doctors, pharmacies, wholesale drug suppliers, and now package delivery services. UPS has buckled, but FedEx is resisting.

Hemp has made it through the legislature in Kentucky. Now, will the Democratic governor sign the Republican-supported bill?

Republican legislators in Kansas and Texas advanced public benefits drug testing bills this week.

There is plenty of action in state legislatures, the battle over rescheduling continues, a Maine dispensary gets called out for using pesticides, and much more.

Medical marijuana bills have now been introduced this year in New York state.

Medical marijuana legislation is moving in Maryland. A bill passed the House Monday and now heads to the Senate.

An attempted drug arrest turned deadly at a Motel 6 in Carlsbad, New Mexico, Monday. It's the eighth drug war killing by police so far this year.

Dirty cops go down in Miami and New York, so does a jail guard in DC, and a Long Island dope squad's problems continue to mount.