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Mitch McConnell has reversed course on hemp derivatives. (Gage Skidmore)

Mitch McConnell Helped Usher in the Hemp Industry, Now He Is Working to Effectively Kill It [FEATURE]

Will Congress move to regulate hemp-derived cannabinoids or to ban them?

Industrial hemp is coming to Central Asia after Kazakhstan legalized its cultivation. (Pixabay)

US Attacks Another Venezuelan "Drug Boat," CA Gov Signs Bill to Expedite Marijuana, Psychedelic Research, More... (10/15/2025)

The State Department has revoked the visas of dozens of Mexican politicians and government officials over cartel ties, Kazakhstan legalizes industrial hemp, and more.

DEA agents have been diverted to chasing migrants, and federal drug prosecutions are dropping. (Creative Commons)

Fed Drug Cases Plummet as DEA Chases Immigrants, US Kills More Venezuelan Sailors in New "Drug Boat" Attack, More... (10/6/25)

A Florida appeals court is the latest to rule that the odor of marijuana is no longer grounds for a vehicle search, Wisconsin Republicans take on their own party as they try again to pass a medical marijuana bill, and more.

Missouri activists Eapen Thampy and Deb Nash hand in initiative petitions in Jefferson City. (Missourians for a Single Market)

MO Inits Would Regulate Marijuana and Hemp Like Alchohol, NYT Says Venezuelan Drug Boat Had Turned Back Before US Sunk It, More... (9/12/25)

Nebraska's governor signs emergency medical marijuana regulations after forcing cultivation cap, the US attack on the Venezuelan drug boat is now raising even more questions, and more.

NYC Mayor Adams talks tough on drugs and homelessness in a desperate bid for electoral relevance. (nyc.gov)

TX GOP Hemp THC Fight Continues, AK Natural Psychedelic Init Approved for Signature-Gathering, More... (8/18/25)

New York Mayor Eric Adams wants to forcibly remove drug users from city streets, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujuan Grisham declares a drugs and crime emergency in Rio Arriba County, and more.

The US Supreme Court. Will it take us the issue of marijuana and gun bans? (Creative Commons)

Trump DOJ Asks Supreme Court to Uphold Weed Gun Ban, Court Rules for UT Psilocybin Church, More... (8/13/25)

Mexico City allows public pot-smoking sites, and now it's relocating some of them; the North Carolina Supreme Court ponders marijuana odor and probable cause for searches, and more.

Former US Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL). Is this the next US attorney general?

Drug Czar Lauds Decline in ODs, Texas Pot Bills Prefiled, More... (11/14/24)

President-Elect Trump has nominated MAGA bomb thrower but marijuana-friendly Matt Gaetz to head the Justice Department, and more.

Trump "border czar" pick Tom Homan wants to send US Special Forces after the cartels. (Creative Commons)

Trump Border Czar Pick Wants to Wipe Cartels "Off the Face of the Earth," More... (11/13/24)

Iran hangs two more drug prisoners, Italy moves toward banning hemp flower products, and more.

Bullet holes in the windshield of the car carrying former Bolivian President Evo Morales. (Morales handout)

DeSantis Takes Flak for Spending State Funds to Defeat Pot Init, Evo Morales Claims Assassination Attempt, More... (10/28/24)

New York marijuana regulators crack down on a THC-caffeine product, and more.

The Amazon rain forest in Ecuador. There is coca growing somewhere down there, and the Ecuadorian military is looking for it. (Creative Commons)

US Army Bans Delta-8 THC Products, Ecuador Sees Increased Coca Cultivation, More... (10/16/24)

A pair of Canadian activists arrested for selling "safe supply" drugs are challenging the country's drug law, Delaware's governor signs a marijuana banking protection bill, and more.

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