Faced with a choice between regulation and virtual extinction (or an existence in the black market) in the wake of the looming hemp ban, the hemp industry and its allies are embracing the former.

Last Thursday, President Trump signed an executive order, Increasing Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research, that sets the stage for moving cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III of the ...

But as its title indicates, it also opens a door for the hemp industry, which has been on its back foot since Congress last month included a hemp ban in its bill ending the federal government shutdown ...

For now, our jobs are the ones that our Filipino allies fighting Duterte had during the height of his drug war: stopping the killings; explaining what good drug policy is; reminding people that murder ...

The state Senate on Monday approved Senate Bill 235 also known as "Tyler's Law" after an 18-year-old who died of a fentanyl overdose, which would impose a 10-year mandatory minimum sentence for some ...

A small-town Pennsylvania got too friendly with the local drug dealer, a small-town Ohio cop probably wishes he had maintained domestic bliss, and more. In Ironton, Ohio, an Ironton police officer was ...

You can urine test them. You can take away their financial aid for college. But you can't stop the kids from getting high. Some people will try anything, and I don't think arresting them is going to ...

This piece was written for Drug War Chronicle by criminal justice reporter Clarence Walker, [email protected]. What happens if an unsuspecting citizen finds a police-installed GPS tracking device ...

As 2009 prepares to become history, we look back at the past year's domestic drug policy developments. With the arrival of a highly popular (at least at first) new president, Barack Obama, and ...

In November 2020, voters in Oregon made history by becoming the first in the country to break with a century of drug war by approving the decriminalization of drug possession. Measure 110 not only put ...

StoptheDrugWar.org commends the arrest by Philippine authorities this morning of former President Rodrigo Duterte, under an International Criminal Court warrant served by Interpol. During his ...

.50 caliber rifles are among the most powerful weapons civilians can buy in the United States. The anti-armor sniper rifles were designed for military use and can strike a target from more than a mile ...