The legalization of hemp in the 2018 farm bill had “an unintended consequence that has allowed for intoxicating hemp-derived ...

GENEVA – Airstrikes by the United States of America on boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific -- allegedly linked to drug trafficking -- violate international human rights law, UN High Commissioner ...

Since the beginning of September, the Trump administration has authorized at least 10 lethal attacks on suspected drug-carrying boats, killing at least 43 people. It claims the strikes are legal ...

As you may be aware, the Chronicle was on a bit of a hiatus for much of this year. We are pleased today to publish the fifth issue of the Chronicle since our longtime writer Phillip Smith resumed his ...

Secretary of Defense Hegseth announces a new counter-narcotics task force in the Caribbean, Singapore again resorts to the death penalty for a drug offender, and more. Senate Republicans Block Effort ...

Last Friday, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (NY-12), along with Cannabis Caucus Co-Chairs Dina Titus (NV-01) and Ilhan Omar (MN-05), and House Committee on Small Business Ranking Member Nydia Velázquez (NY-07) ...

Another note from our friends at Harm Reduction International: Virtual registration for #HR25Bogotá is open! Can’t attend the Harm Reduction International Conference 2025 in Bogotá? HR25 Virtual ...

StoptheDrugWar.org commends the arrest by Philippine authorities this morning of former President Rodrigo Duterte, under an International Criminal Court warrant served by Interpol. During his ...

President Trump has again called for using the death penalty against low-level drug law violators. During a meeting with governors last week, he pressed them to pass state death penalty laws for drug ...

A Vermont legislative advisory working group on therapeutic psychedelics says the state is not ready to go there yet, and more. New York Regulators Give Social Equity Retailers More Time to Open ...

A Virginia prosecutor turns pot peddler, an Illinois cop gets caught with weed, cash, and testosterone, and more. Let's get to it: In Springfield, Illinois, a former Springfield police officer was ...