Alexander is an editorial fellow at Filter.
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A lawmaker in San Diego County, California is urging his colleagues to rethink a 20-year-old ban on syringe exchanges. By…
The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) has decided to delay until December a vote due to take place…
Lawmakers in the former Soviet Union are seeking to impose harsher criminal penalties for drug-related “propaganda,” especially online. Their efforts…