Drug War Chronicle

A Ukrainian rightist faction is blocking the signing of the just-passed medical marijuana bill, the Biden administration moves to expand access to naloxone at federal facilities, and more.

Pennsylvania bills to protect medical marijuana patients from DUI charges are moving, Oregon releases an audit of the state's progress in dealing with its drug problem in the Measure 110 era, and more.

30 years ago this month, we sent the first bulletins to our fledgling email list. Today StoptheDrugWar.org continues to target unfilled or underfilled roles in drug policy reform where can make a needed difference.

Voters in California's fabled Humboldt County will vote in March on whether to rein in marijuana grows, Colombia ponders whether to legalize coca and poppy production for non-drug purposes, and more.

A North Carolina cop was acting like a gangster, a Florida deputy let his habits get the best of him, jail guards go wild, and more.

A Pennsylvania medical marijuana expansion bill heads to the governor's desk, a Delaware medical marijuana expansion bill gets filed, and more.

Presumed drug gangs kill a dozen people at a Christmas party in Mexico, Peruvian coca farmers are blamed for killing an indigenous leader, and more.

There were signs of progress on the global drug policy front in 2023, but drug war brutality endures.

The parties in a lawsuit over the constitutionality of imposing federal pot prohibition in legal marijuana states agree to an extension, an Italian petition drive to force parliament to take up marijuana legalization is underway, and more.

Maryland's governor orders a bureaucratic reshuffling in a bid to stem the overdose crisis, a fentanyl and xylazine testing bill heads to the Pennsylvania governor's desk, and more.