Drug War Chronicle

Delaware's legal marijuana market is rolling out a bit ahead of schedule, a Filipino lawmaker's bid to drug test political candidates and officeholders gets criticism, and more.

A central California county is following San Francisco's lead in putting a welfare drug screening measure before voters, Rodrigo Duterte's son wants to drug test Filipino politicians, and more.

Minnesota employers can now add oral fluid drug testing to their panoply of surveillance technologies, the Sentencing Project rips the Biden Administration fentanyl analog and xylazine scheduling proposal, and more.

President Biden issues a national security memorandum on fentanyl, the Philippine House of Representatives approves a medical marijuana bill, and more.

Our rescheduling comment submitted on Regulations.gov last week argues that marijuana's Schedule I status harms small businesses and their workers, and that despite legalization and descheduling being our desired policy, rescheduling is the advisable step in this specific administrative process.

A Senate committee advances a spending bill with medical marijuana protections included, New Zealand's new conservative government files a roadside drug testing bill, and more.

The ACLU of Missouri is suing over state officials punishing a probationer for using medical marijuana; Glasgow, Scotland, is seeking to open a drug checking site, and more.

The DEA is moving to ban two invaluable psychedelic research chemicals, DOI and DOC. Students and researchers with Students for Sensible Drug Policy are fighting back.

Drug cartel clashes in southern Mexico are creating a refugee flow into Guatemala, an Oregon initiative that would require marijuana businesses to have "labor peace" agreements is poised to make the ballot, and more.

The House Rules Committee has again blocked marijuana reform amendments to a must-pass spending bill, public comments on marijuana rescheduling suggest strong support for scheduling it, and more.