ISIS Burns Cannabis, Snorts Coke?
We recently noted that the ultra-puritanical ISIS has been burning the cannabis fields in the territory it controls…
January 15, 2015
Mexico: Cops Arrested in ‘Disappearance’ of Journalist
Mexican authorities on Jan. 8 detained 13 members of a local police force in the state of Veracruz…
January 12, 2015
Lebanon’s Hashish Valley Arms Against ISIS
Reporting from Lebanon’s hashish heartland of the Bekaa Valley on Jan. 5, Public Radio International spoke to cannabis…
January 8, 2015
2014: International Drug War Round-Up
The year 2014 witnessed considerable fraying of the international Drug War consensus—but the horrific violence that finally sparked…
December 31, 2014
Legal Hemp Coming to Lakota Country?
The new Justice Department policy to take a hands-off approach to cannabis cultivation on Indian reservations could be a boon…
December 29, 2014
FARC Guerillas Decry Drug Trafficking Charge
Amid peace talks in Havana, Colombia‘s FARC guerillas issued an angry communique December 14, insisting, “We are a rebel…
December 23, 2014
Nebraska, Oklahoma Sue Colorado Over Cannabis Laws
In the most serious challenge yet to Colorado’s cannabis legalization policy, the states of Nebraska and Oklahoma took…
December 21, 2014
California’s Native American Tribes Unsure About Selling Cannabis
In an historic move to respect Native American sovereignty earlier this month, the US Department of Justice issued a memo instructing US…
December 18, 2014
Chicago Link to Mexican Mass Abduction?
Reuters on Dec. 10 reported that the alleged Chicago regional jefe of Mexico’s Guerreros Unidos narco-gang faces federal charges with seven…
December 16, 2014
Sentencing in Sinaloa Cartel’s Chicago Connection
The sentencing last month in a case related to the Sinaloa Cartel’s Chicago connection provided further fodder for…
December 14, 2014