Mexican Police Chief Wanted in Massacre Investigation Arrested
The former police chief of Iguala, the Mexican city where 43 college students disappeared in 2014, was…
October 24, 2016
Philippines to Turn to China for Drug War Aid?
The Philippines’ ultra-hardline President Rodrigo Duterte arrived in China this week for a high-profile visit that western media accounts are portraying as a tilt away…
October 20, 2016
U.S. Extradites Well-Connected Businessman to Mexico on Narco Charges
On Tuesday, businessman Zhenli Ye Gon, accused of producing and trafficking methamphetamine, was extradited to Mexico. Placed by U.S.…
October 19, 2016
Study: The City That Will Be the Detroit of Cannabis
As Californians prepare to vote on a cannabis legalization initiative, bullish predictions mount of a financial windfall to the state. The…
October 18, 2016
Growing Pains as California Counties License Growers
Many rural California communities have high expectations over the prospect of commercial cannabis cultivation, officially licensed by local…
October 17, 2016
Mexico: Paramilitary Terror Stalks Chihuahua
A growing wave of paramilitary terror has been reported from the remote and rugged Sierra Tarahumara in northern Mexico’s…
October 17, 2016
UK Issues Groundbreaking Report on Cannabinoid
The British government’s Medicines & Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA) on Oct. 11 issued a finding that cannabidiol (CBD)…
October 13, 2016
Rio de Janeiro to Get Pro-Legalization Mayor?
Last week, left-wing populist candidate Marcelo Freixo made it past the first round in the race for mayor of Rio de Janeiro…
October 11, 2016
Ken Thompson, Brooklyn DA Who ‘Decriminalized’ Cannabis, Passes Away
Kenneth Thompson, the first African American elected to serve as Brooklyn’s district attorney in the 166-year history of…
October 11, 2016
Germany: Medical Marijuana Program Expands—Cautiously
German authorities just took the unprecedented move of allowing a medical marijuana patient to cultivate at home. The obscurely…
October 7, 2016