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A UN expert calls for drug legalization and an end to the "narco-terrorism" war, Virginia's Senate leader faces federal marijuana charges, and more.

A poll finds declining approval of Trump's cannabis policies among marijuana consumers, Nebraska's Walz promises medical marijuana action, an Indiana ruling addresses forfeiture complaints, and more.

Drug policy groups challenge a Bolivian sterilization proposal, new Massachusetts polls oppose marijuana sales repeal, a Philippine Truth Commission hears testimony, and more.

Magic mushrooms will be a lowest law enforcement priority in Portland beginning October 30, Los Angeles officials warn of a dangerous new synthetic opioid, and more.

Tarheel state voters are ready for marijuana legalization whether their Republican lawmakers are or not, Hegseth is deploying US troops to Panama for jungle training as part of his ever-expanding anti-drug crusade, and more.

The US Army is sending troops to the Rio Grande Valley as cartel activity heightens, German marijuana legalization did not lead to a nation of stoners, and more.

An Iowa church is very near being able to import ayahuasca for use as a religious sacrament, Pennsylvania's high court refuses to modify the state's draconian drug delivery resulting in death law, and more.

More prison and jail guards break bad, a former Pennsylvania police chief led a one-man crime wave, and more.

The feds are cracking down on kratom derivatives, a critical analysis of the WHO's decision not to recommend re- or de-scheduling coca is released, and more.

The initiative and referendum process has long been a tool for advancing progressive drug policy reforms. This year is different.

A Yale event with the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism will address Trump's "drug boat" strikes, Indonesia moves to reform drug sentencing, and more.

Tennessee lawmakers have been trying to pass medical marijuana for more than a decade, and they're at it again this year; MPP calls on supporters to tell Congress to quash the hemp ban, and more.

Senate Republicans target kratom and its analogs, Massachusetts elected officials come out against an initiative to repeal commercial marijuana legalization and home grows, and more.

New limitations on weed purchases go into effect in Ohio, a kratom regulation bill advances in Pennsylvania, and more.

There are now three Florida marijuana legalization initiative campaigns aimed at 2028, the US conducts another lethal attack on a "drug boat" in the Caribbean, and more.

Houston will vote on making pot possession the lowest law enforcement priority, a group of GOP senators warn of Chinese criminal organizations infiltrating the marijuana and hemp industries, and more.

A federal judge orders the Pentagon to show him the memo it uses to justify its lethal strikes on Latin American seamen, a DEA judge halts the marijuana rescheduling process to review a GAO report that found problems with how HHS made its rescheduling determination, and more.

The US revokes the visas of Latin American officials it accuses of links to the drug trade; the BC Supreme Court voids the conviction of Vancouver harm reductionists for distributing "safe supply" drugs, and more.