Canadian Drug Policy Must Actively Uphold the Right to Life: UN Report
Canada has obligations to implement measures that actively protect the right to life, regardless ...
Jair Bolsonaro, Enemy of Books, Now in Brazil’s Prison Reading Program
In 2020, Brazil’s then-president Jair Bolsonaro criticized grade-school didactic books for having “too much ...
With Suicide Watch Full, Prisoners Now Kept in Makeshift Cells
A decade ago when I transferred to South Central Correctional Facility, a medium-security Tennessee ...
Primary Care “Opioid Risk Scores” Poorly Predict Individual OD Risk
In 2019, Epic—the company behind the MyChart health care software used by over 190 ...
Former clinic director Janet Urdahl describes the system’s culture of cruetly, power imbalance and profit motives.
Filter sits down with Dr. Marewa Glover, to discuss New Zealand’s successful adoption of tobacco harm reduction.
Participants in a vaping group, held at a pioneering New York syringe service program, describe their experiences of switching from cigarettes.
Portland Jail-Deflection Participants Who “Fail” Will Soon Face Prosecution
It’s been 18 months since the rollback of Measure 110, Oregon’s landmark bill decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of ...
New Mexico Will Fund Psychedelic Treatment for Patients on Low Incomes
On March 11, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) signed the budget for the upcoming fiscal year into law, ...
The Kingpin Effect: Violence From “El Mencho” Killing Far From Over
Violence erupted across Mexico in the immediate aftermath of the February 22 killing of the drug lord known as “El ...
