World news | The GuardianMay 12
Trump’s sudden cut in substance testing is ‘going to kill people’, experts warn https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/12/fentanyl-test-strips-samhsa-funding #TrumpAdministration #DrugsPolicy #Drugs #Fentanyl #Health #UsPolitics #Society #UsNews
Trump’s sudden cut in substance testing is ‘going to kill people’, experts warn

Samhsa said funding cannot be used to purchase or distribute fentanyl test strips or other drug test kits

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US news | The GuardianMay 10
How the Trump White House works against itself in its efforts to prevent overdoses https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/10/trump-administration-overdose-prevention-policies #TrumpAdministration #Drugs #Fentanyl #OpioidsCrisis #DrugsPolicy #Health #UsPolitics #UsNews
How the Trump White House works against itself in its efforts to prevent overdoses

Contradictory policies that gut harm reduction programs while supporting naloxone access are confusing experts

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US news | The GuardianMay 7
US says migration has made Europe an ‘incubator’ for terrorism in new counter-terrorism strategy https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/07/new-trump-counterterrorism-strategy-targets-europe-terrorism-migration #TrumpAdministration #Nato #Europe #Americas #DrugsPolicy #UsForeignPolicy
US says migration has made Europe an ‘incubator’ for terrorism in new counter-terrorism strategy

The 16-page report was led by Trump-ally Sebastian Gorka, and places drug cartels in the Americas at the centre of counter-terrorism efforts

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Opinion | The Guardian USApr 28
Turn on, tune in, cash out … The US right used to fear psychedelics. Now it wants to sell them | Kojo Koram https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/28/us-right-psychedelics-hallucinogens-trump-silicon-valley #DrugsPolicy #MentalHealth #DonaldTrump #Republicans #RobertFKennedyJr #Business #Health #Science #Society #UsNews #WorldNews #Drugs
Turn on, tune in, cash out … The US right used to fear psychedelics. Now it wants to sell them

Hallucinogens have come a long way from the 60s counterculture to Trump’s White House, says academic and drug policy researcher Kojo Koram

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US news | The GuardianApr 18
Trump announces reforms to accelerate access to psychedelic drug treatments https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/18/trump-psychedelic-drugs-executive-order #DonaldTrump #Drugs #DrugsPolicy #TrumpAdministration #PosttraumaticStressDisorder #MentalHealth #MedicalResearch #Health #UsPolitics #UsNews
Trump announces reforms to accelerate access to psychedelic drug treatments

President signed executive order directing FDA to expedite review of psychedelic drugs including ibogaine

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World news | The GuardianApr 13
Kratom poisonings soar in US as experts blame synthetic versions and caution against bans https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/13/kratom-poisonings-increase #UsNews #Health #DrugsPolicy #Drugs #Science
Kratom poisonings soar in US as experts blame synthetic versions and caution against bans

Experts say natural kratom may offer benefits and blame synthetic derivatives for surge in poisonings noted by CDC

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World news | The GuardianApr 1
Success or ‘total flop’? Report on Germany’s cannabis legalisation fails to settle debate https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/01/report-germany-cannabis-legalisation-fails-settle-debate #Cannabis #Germany #Drugs #DrugsPolicy #Europe #Society #WorldNews
Success or ‘total flop’? Report on Germany’s cannabis legalisation fails to settle debate

Policy is still divisive two years in, with SPD hailing it while CDU minister claims it is risk to young people’s health

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Science | The GuardianMar 31
‘Should never have been prescribed’: private UK cannabis clinics face call for tighter regulation https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/31/medicinal-cannabis-private-clinics-oliver-robinson-death #Cannabis #MedicalResearch #MentalHealth #Depression #Drugs #DrugsPolicy #Health #GreaterManchester #England #UkNews #Science #Society
‘Should never have been prescribed’: private UK cannabis clinics face call for tighter regulation

Family pushing for greater controls after inquest finds Oliver Robinson’s prescription was ‘obstacle’ to proper care

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World news | The GuardianMar 25
US army raises max enlistment age to 42 and scraps marijuana restrictions for recruits https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/25/army-max-enlistment-marijuana-restrictions #UsMilitary #UsNews #DrugsPolicy #Cannabis
US army raises upper age for recruits to 42 and scraps marijuana restrictions

Change raises age limit from 35 and removes barrier for entry for recruits who have a legal conviction for cannabis

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World news | The GuardianFeb 23
Mexico faces uphill battle to appease kingpin Trump after cartel boss’s killing https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/23/mexico-trump-cartel-boss-killing #Mexico #DonaldTrump #ClaudiaSheinbaum #Americas #WorldNews #Drugs #DrugsPolicy #Gangs
Mexico faces uphill battle to appease kingpin Trump after cartel boss’s killing

Trump tells Mexico to ‘step up’ effort to combat cartels even after military operation kills drug lord known as ‘El Mencho’

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