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Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) is a lonely Republican calling for comprehensive marijuana reform instead of "half-assed" measures. (Senate.gov)

GOP Senator Knocks "Half-Assed" Marijuana Reform Measures, Patient ODs at BC Hospital After Unsanctioned Safe Injection Site Closes, More... (11/20/24)

An Indiana group backed by Republicans calls for "safe and regulated" marijuana, but won't say the word "legalization," and more.

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Nebraska voters approved medical marijuana, but GOP elected officials want to nullify that vote. (Creative Commons)

NE MedMJ Initiative Victories Could Be Nullified, Unsanctioned Safe Injection Sites Pop Up in BC, More... (11/19/24)

A looming DEA hearing on marijuana rescheduling could include more participants than originally envisioned, and more.

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Australia's Parliament House in Canberra. Lawmakers there will vote on marijuana legalization this month. (Creative Commons)

House Bill Would Authorize Military Force Against Cartels, NY Pot Farmers Sue State, More... (11/18/24

The Australian parliament will vote on a marijuana legalization bill this month, and more.

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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. The Trump HHS nominee is good on psychedelics and marijuana, but has plenty of other controversial positions. (Creative Commons)

Trump Nominates RFK Jr. to Head HHS, NY Regulators Give Social Equity Pot Shot Operators a Break, More... (11/15/24)

A Vermont legislative advisory working group on therapeutic psychedelics says the state is not ready to go there yet, and more.

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Former US Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL). Is this the next US attorney general?

Drug Czar Lauds Decline in ODs, Texas Pot Bills Prefiled, More... (11/14/24)

President-Elect Trump has nominated MAGA bomb thrower but marijuana-friendly Matt Gaetz to head the Justice Department, and more.

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Trump "border czar" pick Tom Homan wants to send US Special Forces after the cartels. (Creative Commons)

Trump Border Czar Pick Wants to Wipe Cartels "Off the Face of the Earth," More... (11/13/24)

Iran hangs two more drug prisoners, Italy moves toward banning hemp flower products, and more.

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Former Bolivian President Evo Morales has been barred by the courts from serving again as president. (Creative Commons)

DEA Sued Over Marijuana Rescheduling Process, Australian State Okays Drug Checking Program, More... (11/12/24)

Idaho activists have filed a ballot measure to legalize the possession and cultivation of personal use amounts of marijuana, say goodbye to Evo Morales, and more.

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My Thoughts: How Things Move Forward

During StoptheDrugWar.org's 30+ year history, our organization has had to navigate painful and troubled waters before.

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Once again, in Afghan fields the poppies grow. (UNODC)

Dallas Votes to Decriminalize Pot Possession, Afghan Opium Production Rising Again, More... (11/7/24)

Dallas wasn't the only Texas locality to vote to decriminalize this week, Kentucky localities vote to allow medical marijuana businesses, and more.

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People lining up to cast their ballots. (Creative Commons)

Red Trumps Green: Legalization Initiatives Fall Beneath Conservative Wave [FEATURE]

A psychedelic legalization initiative also failed, but there were a couple of glimmers of hope.

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DRUG POLICY REFORM: GLOBAL

In 2023, we are engaging with US foreign policy related to drugs in the legislative process, pressing human rights, rule of law issues and accountability in drug policy at the Human Rights Council and elsewhere; and returning to our advocacy linking human rights with the need for alternatives to prohibition, opposing the death penalty, supporting the global NGO reform agenda for drug policy.

Rule of Law in Drug Policy (Philippines campaign)

StoptheDrugWar.org's Rule of Law program (previously referred to as our Philippines program) engages serious human rights abuses in the global drug war. Still having a primary focus on extrajudicial killings in the Philippines, the program has help to draw attention to former President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war killing campaign that NGOs believe has taken the lives of 30,000 people without trial, and in which killings still continue at a reported rate near one per day.

There's Still A Drug War.

The Fight for Change Continues.

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What are we up to after 30 YEARS?

GOP Senator Knocks "Half-Assed" Marijuana Reform Measures, Patient ODs at BC Hospital After Unsanctioned Safe Injection Site Closes, More... (11/20/24)

NE MedMJ Initiative Victories Could Be Nullified, Unsanctioned Safe Injection Sites Pop Up in BC, More... (11/19/24)

House Bill Would Authorize Military Force Against Cartels, NY Pot Farmers Sue State, More... (11/18/24

Trump Nominates RFK Jr. to Head HHS, NY Regulators Give Social Equity Pot Shot Operators a Break, More... (11/15/24)

Drug Czar Lauds Decline in ODs, Texas Pot Bills Prefiled, More... (11/14/24)

Trump Border Czar Pick Wants to Wipe Cartels "Off the Face of the Earth," More... (11/13/24)

DEA Sued Over Marijuana Rescheduling Process, Australian State Okays Drug Checking Program, More... (11/12/24)

My Thoughts: How Things Move Forward

Dallas Votes to Decriminalize Pot Possession, Afghan Opium Production Rising Again, More... (11/7/24)

Red Trumps Green: Legalization Initiatives Fall Beneath Conservative Wave [FEATURE]

Cannabis Policy Reform