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Canada’s Election Guarantees Grim Outlook for Harm Reduction

As Canadians head to the polls in the coming days, they will be faced with few options to increase access…

April 25, 2025

RFK Jr. Is Headlining the Rx and Illicit Drug Summit. This Doesn’t Bode Well.

On April 21, the first day of the 14th annual Rx and Illicit Drug Summit, organizers announced a surprise presenter…

April 24, 2025

A Cup of Tea With My Anti-Vaping Neighbor

Sarah lives next door to me in a romantic-looking cottage in rural Wales. Most days we have a cup of…

April 24, 2025

Will Minnesota, Which Authorized OPC, Actually Open Them?

Minnesota was just the second US state (after Rhode Island) to authorize overdose prevention centers allowing supervised drug use in…

April 24, 2025

AMA: Marijuana Use Up, Problematic Use Down in Canada Post-Legalization

New research published by the American Medical Association finds that while the frequency of marijuana use among adults in Canada…

April 23, 2025

A Methadone Pioneer Who Freed People From the Cruel Clinic System

Dr. Edwin Salsitz is a methadone OG. He was one of a coterie of New York City doctors who pioneered…

April 23, 2025

Cannabis as Cancer Treatment Heavily Backed by Major Review

Cannabis as a treatment for cancer symptoms is heavily supported by existing research, a large-scale review has found. What's more,…

April 22, 2025

Walgreens Settles DOJ Prescription Opioid Lawsuit, Likely at $350 Million

Walgreens, the nation’s second-largest pharmacy chain, will pay $300 million plus 4 percent interest to settle Department of Justice allegations…

April 22, 2025

Michael Bloomberg Won His Vietnam War on Vaping

Vietnam has a big-time smoking problem. A huge proportion of men, particularly—44.3 percent, by one estimate—smoke cigarettes. Smoking kills more…

April 22, 2025

Vermont Prison Equity Bill: Free Calls, Paid Labor, Affordable Commissary

Vermont legislators are reviewing a wide-ranging prison equity bill that, if enacted, would make the Vermont Department of Corrections (VDOC)…

April 21, 2025