Drug War Chronicle #1235 - September 18, 2025
Editorial: A Hard Week in America
It's been a week since leading conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated. It's been a hard week, especially for those who were closest to him. But it's also been a hard week for our country.
Chronicle Book Review -- Rehab: An American Scandal
Too often, rehab is a racket.
Phil receiving the Brecher Award for Journalism, 2013 International Drug Policy Reform conference
Restarting Drug War Chronicle, Continued (donations urgently needed!)
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.
Vice-President JD Vance. Sen. Rand Paul has called him out for callous remarks about killing suspected drug smugglers. (senate.gov)
Rand Pauls Rips JP Vance Over Drug Boat Attack Comments, Swiss Take Another Step Toward Legal Weed Market, More... (9/10/25)
Santa Cruz County is moving to join California's ever-growing ranks of localities that allow for marijuana consumption lounges, Nebraska medical marijuana regulators tighten up commercial grow rules in a bid to appease the Republican governor, 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.
President Trump tells a whopper about the number of drug OD deaths. (Gage Skidmore/Creative Commons)
Trump Wildly Exaggerates OD Deaths, CA Bill to Kill New Pot Taxes Goes to Governor, More... (9/15/25)
Rhode Island regulators open the licensing period for legal weed sellers, a Massachusetts therapeutic psychedelic bill advances, and more.
The US has decertified Colombia over cocaine production. (Pixabay)
US Launches 2nd Murderous Attack on Alleged Venezuelan Drug Boat, MN Legal Adult-Use Pot Sales Begin, More... (9/17/25)
In its annual review of compliance with US drug war objectives, the US decertifies Colombia; Trump's drug war turns even uglier, and more.
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