Kastalia Medrano 
OK Prisons Privatize Mail, as “Digital Processing Centers” Expand Drug War
Beginning September 1, the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) will no longer deliver physical ...
FDA Approves Risky Opioid Overdose Reversal Product From Purdue Pharma
On August 7 the Food and Drug Administration approved an opioid overdose antidote developed ...
The Headlines Doing Fentanyl Math Will Always Be Wrong
Back when I was at the science desk at Newsweek, they used to bring ...
SAMHSA’s National Drug Use Survey Still Has a Fentanyl Problem
On July 30, the Substance Use and Mental Health Services Administration released its annual ...
“Like Two Cavalries”: After TN Prison Standoff, Fear of What Comes Next
On the evening of July 24, South Central Correctional Facility, a medium-security private prison ...
Medicaid in Five States Will Cover MOUD for Prisoners Nearing Release
On July 2, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) more than doubled the ...
CA Mandates Extreme Heat Workplace Safety, Except in Forced Labor Camps
On June 20, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) approved the ...
Decades After It Set Meth Sentencing by Purity, USSC Surveys the Damage
Almost all controlled substances in the United States are criminalized by weight. There are ...
VT Legalizes Safe Consumption Sites, Reversing Course on Veto Override
[Update, June 17: This story has been edited to reflect the final outcome ...
White House Meth Plan Still Includes Harm Reduction, Just Not for Meth
Once the federal government designated methamphetamine an “emerging drug threat” in March 2022, the ...
