USA. ONDCP Releases Trump Administration’s Statement of Drug Policy Priorities  (…) In the next year, the White House will work across the government to implement the following six priorities: Reduce the Number of Overdose Fatalities, with a…

USA. Trump’s new drug policy mixes ‘harshest’ penalties for dealers and test strips for users White House document stresses enforcement but also supports addiction medication. (Stat News, USA, 03.04.2025) https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/03/trump-…

Global. Drug policy exposes splits in long-held alliances - International drug policy hangs in the balance between reform and jeopardy At last year’s 67 session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), the UN’s drug policy decision making body, m…

USA. What Will Sara Carter of Fox News Bring as “Drug Czar”? On March 28, President Donald Trump announced Sara Carter as his pick for “drug czar.” Carter, who will need to be confirmed by the Senate, has a background as a journalist and Fox News c…

USA. How Trump is following Project 2025’s radical roadmap to defund science Much of the Trump administration’s agenda for research is laid out in the 900-plus-page blueprint. Nature read it so you don’t have to. (Nature, 27.03.2025) https://www.n…

Mexiko/USA. Mexiko verwirft US-Eingreifen im Kampf gegen Drogenkartelle Präsidentin Sheinbaum hat mit deutlichen Worten entsprechende Überlegungen des vermutlich nächsten US-Botschafters in Mexiko zurückgewiesen. Die dortigen Drogenkartelle sorgen…