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Vapes “Designed to Kill,” Claims Org Designed to Protect World Health

“What looks cute, smells good, but is designed to kill?” asked the World Health Organization (WHO) in a June 11…

June 13, 2024

San Diego Funds 1,000-Bed “Mega Shelter,” Over Protests From All Sides

On June 11, the San Diego City Council unanimously approved a $5.82 billion annual budget and earmarked $6 million for…

June 12, 2024

Pueblo Judge Blocks Syringe Program Ban, and Services Resume for Now

The City of Pueblo, Colorado, has been forced to suspend an ordinance criminalizing syringe service programs (SSP), allowing two SSP…

June 11, 2024

Bill to Allow Food, Live Music at CA Cannabis Lounges Advances in Senate

A California Senate panel has approved a bill to legalize cannabis cafes in the state, months after the governor vetoed a…

June 11, 2024

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 White House Office of National Drug…

June 10, 2024

Storm in a Teacup Over Soccer Stars’ Snus Use

“I used to have the odd cigarette on a night out,” wrote Jamie Vardy, the Leicester City striker and 2016…

June 10, 2024

How Will Mexico’s President-Elect Impact the Drug War?

On June 2, Mexico decisively elected Claudia Sheinbaum as its next president. Once she takes office on October 1, she'll…

June 7, 2024

FDA Scraps Its Juul Marketing Denials; Authorization Now Possible

The United States Food and Drug Administration has rescinded its marketing denial orders (MDOs) to Juul Labs, Inc, almost two…

June 7, 2024

Ohio Bans More Nitazenes, Claiming They Cause Deaths on Their Own

Ohio has temporarily banned nine nitazene analogs as Schedule I controlled substances, making sale and use within the state illegal.…

June 6, 2024

Wellpath, Fleeing GA Prisons Contract, Fails One Last Bid at Extortion

On July 1, three years into its nine-year contract, private health care provider Wellpath will leave behind its 50,000-plus patients…

June 6, 2024