Drug War Chronicle

A bill to decriminalize drug possession in Maine has been gutted in committee, a bipartisan group of state attorneys general wants Congress to crack down on intoxicating hemp products, and more.

Complementary psychedelic task force bills are moving in Maryland, the New Hampshire House approves a bill to help people clear the records of pot offenses, and more.

New Hampshire's path to marijuana legalization just got twistier, Kansas lawmakers vote down even a pilot program for medical marijuana, and more.

A Kansas bill to reform civil asset forfeiture goes to the governor, a Maine bill to create a commission to study regulated access to psychedelics advances, and more.

Hawaii's marijuana legalization bill advances but faces dimming prospects, South Dakota activists try a third time to get marijuana legalized, and more.

Mom-and-pop legal marijuana farmers trying to grow in the most Earth-friendly fashion face many obstacles, but they keep on keepin' on.

An initiative campaign to legalize weed in Arkansas takes its first steps, the Idaho Senate kills a bill that would have criminalized marijuana advertising, and more.

A bipartisan pair of senators has filed a bill to require State Department reporting on xylazine, Colombia's president nudges rightist narco-paramilitaries toward peace negotiations, and more.

Senator Leila de Lima, joins our UN Vienna side event via Zoom, to give her first international speech since being released after nearly seven years of unjust and political incarceration.

South Dakota's MAGA governor cracks down on dispensaries and insults Native Americans, a Pennsylvania bill would end cash bail for some fentanyl offenses, and more.