Drug War Chronicle

Iran is suffering an unforeseen consequence of Afghanistan's opium ban, Ohio lawmakers move to regulate -- not ban -- intoxicating hemp products, and more.

The industry has a year to get Congress to change its mind.

Industry experts propose regulation over outright bans, urging Congress to craft a viable framework for the $30 billion hemp market instead of pushing it toward collapse.

Will Congress move to regulate hemp-derived cannabinoids or to ban them?

The attacks have "no justification under international law," says UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk.

Obeying an order to kill unarmed civilians on the high seas could get American GIs in trouble.

For at least the sixth time in as many weeks, the US has blown an alleged boat carrying drugs out of the water in the Caribbean, a Colombian family says the strikes killed one of their members, and more.

We are pleased to continue with the restarted Drug War Chronicle newsletter. This continuing fundraising drive is vital to bringing the newsletter and our longtime writer Phillip Smith back to full time.

The State Department has revoked the visas of dozens of Mexican politicians and government officials over cartel ties, Kazakhstan legalizes industrial hemp, and more.

Secretary of Defense Hegseth announces a new counternarcotics task force in the Caribbean, Singapore again resorts to the death penalty for a drug offender, and more.