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  • Governments Ill-Fated Marijuana Decision Now Collides With the Street, the Science and the Courtroom
  • Drugs Keep Winning in the Global War on Drugs
  • Opinion | World Drug Problem: Persisting Issues, New Challenges, Innovative Responses

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newswire.com /2 weeks ago

Governments Ill-Fated Marijuana Decision Now Collides With the Street, the Science and the Courtroom

As advocates celebrate DEA's ALJ Schedule III brief, police warn of marijuana trade violence and MMJ asks whether the Government can defend a policy contradicted by its own scienti...

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reason.com /1 month ago

Drugs Keep Winning in the Global War on Drugs

The United Nations’ latest World Drug Report makes that very clear.

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globalkashmir.net /1 month ago

Opinion | World Drug Problem: Persisting Issues, New Challenges, Innovative Responses

The world today stands at a critical juncture in its efforts to combat the growing menace of substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking. Despite decades of policy interventions,...

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kffhealthnews.org /4 weeks ago

A Federal Policy Is Complicating How Organizations Battle the Opioid Crisis

Drug test strips are credited with saving lives, but a new policy will limit how funds can be used for them. Advocates of harm reduction strategies who responded to a mass overdose...

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thejournal.ie /1 week ago

A new drug referral scheme kicked in today: Will it reach who it needs to?

The new Health Referral Scheme shifts drug policy from prosecution to support, but its rollout and eligibility rules may end up leaving those facing the greatest harms behind.

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omanobserver.om /3 days ago

New law tightens penalties in drug crimes

STAFF REPORTERMUSCAT, SEPT 6The Law on Combating Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances promulgated by Royal Decree No (67/2026) provides for severe punishments for the violato...

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illinoislawyernow.com /1 month ago

Cannabis Employee Drug Testing: 7 Critical Rules [2026]

The single most expensive assumption in licensed cannabis is that you may drug test your staff the way any other retailer would. Cannabis employee drug testing is governed by state...

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newswire.com /2 weeks ago

DEA Has Published the Evidence Against Marijuana Rescheduling

As Judge Derek Julius prepares his recommendation and Dr. Heidi Overton awaits Senate confirmation, the federal government's own findings expose the contradiction between the AG's...

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irishtimes.com /1 week ago

People caught with drugs can be referred to health system under new scheme

New approach is part of wider plan to reduce drug-related harm and support people to access help at an earlier stage

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cannabislaw.report /1 day ago

Germany: Federal Commissioner for Addiction Streeck calls for swift corrections to the Consumer Cannabis Act

2026-08-27 | Federal Commissioner for Addiction Prof. Dr. Hendrik Streeck (CDU) describes the Consumer Cannabis Act as contradictory in an interview with  Behörden Spiegel and call...

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reason.com /1 week ago

Strong Weed Is No Reason for Prohibition

New research on cannabis use could reshape the debate around marijuana legalization and revive old arguments for restricting legal markets.

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omanobserver.om /3 days ago

New law tightens penalties in drug crimes

MUSCAT: The Law on Combating Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances promulgated by Royal Decree No (67/2026) provides for severe punishments for the violators including the dea...

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thecentersquare.com /3 weeks ago

WATCH: Creator defends drug diversion program amid conflicting success claims

(The Center Square) - New analysis from Washington Policy Center’s Director of Public Safety Solutions is casting doubt on the success claims of a program to reduce arrests, prosec...

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greaterkashmir.com /1 week ago

War on drugs: J&K ranks 1st in PIT-NDPS detentions, 3rd in property attachments

Jammu and Kashmir has emerged as one of the leading regions in the country in enforcement against the drug trade, ranking first in detentions under the Prevention of Illicit Traffi...

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theguardian.com /1 month ago

Bristol declared ‘city of harm reduction’ as Greens seek less punitive drug policy

Councillors pass motion that paves way to setting up drugs-consumption facility where users can be helped and treatedUK politics live – latest updatesBristol has been formally decl...

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ejiltalk.org /1 month ago

Towards a Fit-for-Purpose International Drug Control System

The Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) is the United Nations commission with primary responsibility for the application of the three drug conventions. At its 68th session in 2025,...

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westhawaiitoday.com /1 month ago

There’s an effective way to treat drug addiction — but you may not like it

The Department of Health and Human Services recently sought advice from patients, clinicians and public health experts on addiction treatments supported by “rigorous, empirical evi...

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thecitizen.co.tz /1 month ago

Tanzania's Drugs Control Authority targets public servants as crackdown on drug abuse leads to 550 arrests

The owners were directed to display notices prohibiting drug use, cooperate with law enforcement agencies, report individuals involved in drug-related activities and ensure their v...

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newswire.com /2 weeks ago

DEA's Own Witness Admitted Marijuana Failed the Medical-Use Test-Then the Government Buried It in Silence

The corrected official transcripts are now public. FDA's supervising scientist named who directed the change in standard: the Assistant Secretary for Health - the same office that...

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theamericanconservative.com /3 weeks ago

Expert Panel: Trump’s Latin America Policy Won’t Stop Drugs

The Quincy Institute hosted a Tuesday discussion of the Trump administration’s fight against “narco-terrorism.” The post Expert Panel: Trump’s Latin America Policy Won’t Stop Drugs...

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thediplomat.com /1 month ago

Is Thailand’s PM More Concerned About Sound Cannabis Policy or Political Optics?

Amid a rise in smuggling, Anutin Charnvirakul has recently come out against the policy he once championed: the decriminalization of marijuana.

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greaterkashmir.com /4 weeks ago

Parliamentary panel flags J&K’s growing drug menace; seeks tougher crackdown on trafficking

Drug abuse has emerged as a major social, public health and law-and-order challenge in Jammu and Kashmir, with the administration attributing its spread to cross-border trafficking...

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tribune.com.pk /3 weeks ago

K-P Assembly moves to tighten drug laws

Proposed law carries up to 10 years in prison, Rs200 million fine for counterfeit medicines

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vtdigger.org /3 weeks ago

Vermont’s opiate policy is killing us

Vermont has embraced harm reduction while opiate deaths climb far higher than in poorer, more punitive states. Read the story on VTDigger here: Vermont’s opiate policy is killing...

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