Drug War Chronicle

A new poll from the conservative Manhattan Institute shows strong support for marijuana legalization, European Union experts meet to ponder what do to about drug trafficking, and more.

Canada will tighten its borders in the face of Trump tariff threats, opium production falls slightly in Myanmar, and more.

A South Carolina legislative champion of medical marijuana is back to try with another bill this coming session, and more.

The corporate strategic consulting firm McKinsey & Company has agreed to pay hundreds of millions for its role in creating the prescription opioid addiction epidemic, and more.

The House passes a defense spending bill without a provision to bar the marijuana testing of military recruits, New York regulators issue more legal pot business licenses, and more.

A Utah DHS agent gets nailed for using a snitch to sell seized bath salts, an Iowa deputy heads to prison for stealing dope from the evidence room and breaking into pharmacies to get more, and more.

A Nebraska Republican has appealed a court decision upholding voter-approved medical marijuana initiatives, Colombia bombards the Gulf Clan, and more.

Marijuana legalization bills have been filed in Pennsylvania and Texas, and more.

Paraguay's top antidrug agency is going to stop working with the DEA, the Trump transition team wants to meet with tech and social media companies about illicit online drug sales, and more.

The factional cartel violence in the Mexican state of Sinaloa is not only leaving a toll of dead but also a rising toll of "disappeared," and more.