side event at the 69th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs Wednesday 11 March, 8:00-9:00am ET / 1:00-2:00pm CET / ...

A Killing in Cannabis: A True Story of Love, Murder, and California Weed by Scott Eden (2026, Spiegel & Grau, 370 pp., $30 HB) Tushar Atre was a stereotypical Northern California character: A New York ...

The state Senate voted 35-13 Wednesday to approve Senate Bill 250, which would align state law with the federal ban on intoxicating and synthetic hemp products set to go into effect in November. The ...

Wisconsin doesn't allow legal marijuana or even medical marijuana, but unregulated intoxicating hemp products are for sale on store shelves across the state. Now, lawmakers in Madison are studying ...

Late last year, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) signed into law Senate Bill 56, a marijuana regulation bill which has provisions banning intoxicating hemp products from being sold anywhere other than ...

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 ...

On Thursday, President Trump signed an executive order, Increasing Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research, that expedites the process of moving cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III of the ...

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is widely viewed as the father of the American hemp industry, given his role as then-Senate Majority Leader in pushing across the finish line the 2018 farm bill that ...

Secretary of Defense Hegseth announces a new counter-narcotics task force in the Caribbean, Singapore again resorts to the death penalty for a drug offender, and more. Senate Republicans Block Effort ...

A Florida appeals court is the latest to rule that the odor of marijuana is no longer grounds for a vehicle search, Wisconsin Republicans take on their own party as they try again to pass a medical ...

A San Francisco narc gets fired for having a sexual relationship with a snitch, a DHS officer heads for federal prison after getting stung, and more. In San Francisco, a veteran narcotics detective ...

As you may be aware, the Chronicle was on a bit of a hiatus for much of this year. We are pleased today to publish the fifth issue of the Chronicle since our longtime writer Phillip Smith resumed his ...