The former Mexican public security minister -- the guy in charge of Mexico's drug war -- heads to federal prison for taking bribes from the Sinaloa Cartel, and more.
A lying Houston narc gets decades in prison for a drug raid that left two innocent civilians dead, a Mississippi cop falls asleep in his squad car with a meth pipe in his hand, and more.
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The Amazon rain forest in Ecuador. There is coca growing somewhere down there, and the Ecuadorian military is looking for it. (Creative Commons)
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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The Supreme Court is hearing a case about whether a trucker fired for testing positive for THC can sue a medical marijuana company under the RICO Act. (Creative Commons)
The Supreme Court today heard oral arguments in the case of a trucker fired for testing positive for marijuana who is suing the company that sold him a supposed CBD product, and more.
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Mexican lime producers are being targeted by drug cartels that want to expand their extortionate operations. (Creative Commons)
The Mexican federal government has sent hundreds of troops into the country's lime-producing heartland to help growers fend off drug cartels, and more.
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TD Bank got caught doing money laundering for drug traffickers, among others. They paid a huge fine, but nobody went to jail. (Pixabay)
Hawaii wants to see what a legal marijuana market in the state would look like, the death toll continues to rise from Sinaloa Cartel faction fights, and more.
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Psilocybin mushrooms are getting a lot of attention in state legislatures these days. (Greenoid/Flickr)
Another bill aimed at combatting the fentanyl trade advances in the House, the Florida marijuana legalization initiative campaign is getting very spendy, and more.
A pair of Democratic senators file a bill to keep fentanyl out of federal prisons, President Biden addresses the Global Coalition to Address Synthetic Drug Threats, and more.
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Pittsburgh. The city council has just approved an ordinance barring job discrimination against medical marijuana patients.
New Hampshire lawmakers are already rolling out marijuana reform proposals for next year, peace has come -- at least for now -- to a troubled Colombian coca-producing province, and more.
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The odor of burnt marijuana is not sufficient probable cause to search a vehicle, the Illinois Supreme Court has ruled.
The Illinois Supreme Court rules the odor of burnt weed is not probable cause to search a vehicle, Mexico's president says the US shares the blame for cartel violence in Sinaloa, and more.
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A ten percent decline in overdose deaths is good news, indeed, but there are still nearly 100,000 a year. (Creative Commons)