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The corporate strategic consulting firm McKinsey & Company has agreed to pay hundreds of millions for its role in creating the prescription opioid addiction epidemic, and more.

The House passes a defense spending bill without a provision to bar the marijuana testing of military recruits, New York regulators issue more legal pot business licenses, and more.

A Utah DHS agent gets nailed for using a snitch to sell seized bath salts, an Iowa deputy heads to prison for stealing dope from the evidence room and breaking into pharmacies to get more, and more.

A Nebraska Republican has appealed a court decision upholding voter-approved medical marijuana initiatives, Colombia bombards the Gulf Clan, and more.

Marijuana legalization bills have been filed in Pennsylvania and Texas, and more.

Paraguay's top antidrug agency is going to stop working with the DEA, the Trump transition team wants to meet with tech and social media companies about illicit online drug sales, and more.

The factional cartel violence in the Mexican state of Sinaloa is not only leaving a toll of dead but also a rising toll of "disappeared," and more.

The Drug Policy Alliance and Harm Reduction International have issued a report on US spending on the global drug war--to the tune of $13 billion in the last decade--and more.

A DEA administrative law judge held a largely procedural hearing on marijuana rescheduling Monday, a leading Australian medical body calls for drug decriminalization, and more.

A DEA administrative law judge rejects a request to remove the agency from its role in the rescheduling process, Amnesty International issues a report scorching the Philippines' drug war, and more.

A federal appeals court has upheld a Mississippi ban on medical marijuana advertising, and more.

The "Organic Section" program from regenerative organic marijuana certifier Sun+Earth aims to let marijuana consumer be informed about what's in their weed.

President-elect Trump's FDA nominee holds some old-fashioned views on marijuana, Pittsburgh has an ordinance protecting the employment rights of medical marijuana patients, and more.

A DEA administrative law judge is pondering a request to remove the agency as a proponent in rescheduling marijuana, a Nepalese MP has filed a bill to legalize marijuana in a country once famed for its hash, and more.

An Indiana group backed by Republicans calls for "safe and regulated" marijuana, but won't say the word "legalization," and more.

A looming DEA hearing on marijuana rescheduling could include more participants than originally envisioned, and more.

The Australian parliament will vote on a marijuana legalization bill this month, and more.

A Vermont legislative advisory working group on therapeutic psychedelics says the state is not ready to go there yet, and more.

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

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