Drug War Chronicle

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

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

The Justice Department is doling out more dollars to help Louisiana fight its drug war, and more.

Advancing the rescheduling process is a critically important achievement of the Biden-Harris administration. Harris reduced arrests as San Francisco DA, and supports legalization. Trump's seeming tolerance for cannabis law reforms may have less to it than meets the eye.

A Filipino lawmaker has filed a bill that would flip the drug war on its head, and more.

The battle for the presidency is dominating the headlines, but there are other reasons to get to the polls, too.

Trump's lawlessness, encouragements to violence, and tactical exploitation of social divisions including racism, are bad for drug policy.

A DEA administrative law judge has pushed back the timeline on marijuana rescheduling, the State Departments holds a follow-up meeting to the global summit on addressing synthetic drugs, and more.

Arizona marijuana consumers will be able to get deliveries from pot shops beginning Friday, and more.

A Kansas poll shows that lawmakers are well behind their constituents when it comes to marijuana policy, former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is unrepentant in testimony about death squads and his drug war, and more.