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We are pleased to continue with the restarted Drug War Chronicle newsletter. Our fundraising drive, to help our longtime writer Phillip Smith continue his work and get back to full time, continues.

A New York head narc finally gets nailed for a series of hit and runs, a former Alabama state trooper goes to prison for a cocaine trafficking conspiracy, and more.

The Washington Office on Latin America releases a detailed statement on issues around the lethal US attack on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat, and more.

The US is now blowing alleged drug traffickers out of the water in an act of dubious legality, Nebraska regulators promulgate emergency medical marijuana rules, and more.

Maybe the fifth time will be the charm for a Nebraska marijuana legalization initiative, a bill in the House would charge fentanyl sales as attempted murder -- even with no overdose -- and more.

Today we publish our third issue of the Chronicle since it went on hiatus earlier in the year. Our fundraising drive, to help our longtime writer Phillip Smith continue his work and get back to full time, continues.

The MORE Act is back. It would end federal marijuana prohibition -- and more.

Delaware's governor vetoes a bill that would have easing zoning restrictions on pot shops, the Anchorage, Alaska, Assembly tables a pot social consumption ordinance, and more.

Anti-drug, law enforcement, and religious groups seek to block marijuana rescheduling, a Massachusetts permanent resident was detained over a 22-year-old pot possession conviction, and more.

Massachusetts pot regulators release draft rules for social consumption licenses, comedian Eric Andre scores a victory in a legal fight against Atlanta airport detentions and searches, and more.

Oklahoma police chiefs unsurprisingly oppose a marijuana legalization initiative, a drone attack on a helicopter kills eight Colombian anti-drug police, and more.

The Supreme Court has granted a group of marijuana companies an extension in their bid to be heard by the high court, Trump's "worst of the worst" immigrants apparently include marijuana users, and more.

Thank you to those who generously donated last week to help us continue restarting the Drug War Chronicle newsletter. We still need help, and so are reaching out again.

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.

A new study blames COVID and fentanyl -- not drug decriminalization -- for Oregon overdoses and crime increases, and more.

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.

Mexico's president says no US troops will operate in her country, Trump considers marijuana rescheduling after $1 million-a-plate fundraiser with pot investors, more.

A Massaachusetts sheriff is arrested for extorting a legal marijuana business, a pair of Customs and Border Patrol agents cop to letting dope through their port of entry lanes, and more.

The Chronicle was on a bit of a hiatus for much of this year, but is now restarting. To continue, though, we need your help.

Delaware saw nearly a million dollars worth of cannabis sales on the first weekend of adult-use sales, Slovenian lawmakers push for legal marijuana, and more.