Sessi Kuwabara Blanchard 
Sex Workers No Longer Criminalized for Simply Living With HIV in Nevada
In Nevada, sex workers living with HIV have been uniquely targeted by the state, ...
Federal Watchdog: FOSTA Isn’t Even Useful for Law Enforcement
From the get-go, sex worker activists knew nothing good would come from FOSTA, a ...
Congresswoman Cori Bush Voices Groundbreaking Support for Safe Supply
Congresswoman Cori Bush, representing St. Louis, Missouri in the House of Representatives, has broken ...
Ex-FDA Head Falsely Claims Kratom Is “Fueling” the Overdose Crisis
Drug warriors have long deployed disinformation to justify panics and crackdowns. Kratom, an unregulated ...
Orthopedic Surgeons Fail in Legal Bid to Justify OUD Discrimination
A group of doctors defended themselves in a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the ...
How Fear, Misinformation, Stigma Have Devastated US Pain Patients
Tamera Lynn Stewart had been taking prescribed opioids for 12 years to treat her ...
Federal Funding Can Now Be Used to Purchase Fentanyl Test Strips
The United States federal government has taken a step to make good on its ...
UK Confirms Harsher Punishment for GHB Users, After Moral Panic
The United Kingdom is moving forward with its plan to impose harsher punishments on ...
Illinois Methadone Patients Could Be First to Have Privacy Rolled Back After SAMHSA Rule-Change
An Illinois Senator appears to be the first state lawmaker to push for a ...
Unhoused Berkeley, CA Residents Struggle for Water During Pandemic
There’s a cruel irony to lacking access to quality water as the sky pours ...
