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  • Indigenous people in South America have used coca for thousands of years. (Creative Commons)
    Indigenous people in South America have used coca for thousands of years. (Creative Commons)

    Daily Drug War Digest -- October 13, 2026

    The feds are cracking down on kratom derivatives, a critical analysis of the WHO's decision not to recommend re- or de-scheduling coca is released, and more.
  • One of the dozens of lethal US military attacks on "drug boats" (SouthCom)

    Drug War Daily Digest -- October 12, 2026

    A Yale event with the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism will address Trump's "drug boat" strikes, Indonesia moves to reform drug sentencing, and more.
  • New Zealand's ruling National Party wants to drug test jobseekers. (Creative Commons)

    Drug War Daily Digest -- October 9, 2026

    Tennessee lawmakers have been trying to pass medical marijuana for more than a decade, and they're at it again this year; MPP calls on supporters to tell Congress to quash the hemp ban, and more.
  • Oral drug testing for truck drivers is a step closer. (Creative Commons)

    Daily Drug War Digest -- October 8, 2026

    Senate Republicans target kratom and its analogs, Massachusetts elected officials come out against an initiative to repeal commercial marijuana legalization and home grows, and more.
  • The West African iboga tree, whence comes ibogaine. (Creative Commons)
    The West African iboga tree, whence comes ibogaine. (Creative Commons)

    Daily Drug War Digest -- October 6, 2026

    New limitations on weed purchases go into effect in Ohio, a kratom regulation bill advances in Pennsylvania, and more.
  • Georgia patients will no longer have to go to the dispensary after the state okayed home deliveries. (Creative Commons)
    Georgia patients will no longer have to go to the dispensary after the state okayed home deliveries. (Creative Commons)

    Daily Drug War Digest -- October 5, 2026

    There are now three Florida marijuana legalization initiative campaigns aimed at 2028, the US conducts another lethal attack on a "drug boat" in the Caribbean, and more.
  • Is there a triad hiding behind that hemp field. Some GOP senators want to know. (Creative Commons)

    Daily Drug War Digest -- October 2, 2026

    Houston will vote on making pot possession the lowest law enforcement priority, a group of GOP senators warn of Chinese criminal organizations infiltrating the marijuana and hemp industries, and more.
  • The Trump administration's justification for its lethal boat attacks is going before a federal judge, who will decide whether to make it public. (DOD)

    Daily Drug War Digest -- October 1, 2026

    A federal judge orders the Pentagon to show him the memo it uses to justify its lethal strikes on Latin American seamen, a DEA judge halts the marijuana rescheduling process to review a GAO report that found problems with how HHS made its rescheduling determination, and more.
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