In early August, 11 New York State corrections officers (COs) were at the scene of a medical emergency involving someone…
Beginning September 1, the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) will no longer deliver physical mail to the nearly 23,000 people…
On August 7 the Food and Drug Administration approved an opioid overdose antidote developed by Purdue Pharma that contains nalmefene,…
Back when I was at the science desk at Newsweek, they used to bring in young reporters on $38,000 a…
On July 30, the Substance Use and Mental Health Services Administration released its annual survey on substance use, mental illness,…
On the evening of July 24, South Central Correctional Facility, a medium-security private prison in Tennessee, gave notice that 128…
On July 2, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) more than doubled the number of states authorized to provide…
On June 20, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) approved the state’s first regulation protecting indoor workers…
Almost all controlled substances in the United States are criminalized by weight. There are thresholds that legally separate possession from…
[Update, June 17: This story has been edited to reflect the final outcome of the Assembly vote] Vermont has…