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WA Prisons to Ban Greeting Cards and Postcards, Presuming Synthetic Drugs

The Washington State Department of Corrections (WDOC) will ban people in its custody from receiving greeting cards and postcards after…

May 22, 2024

Cannabis Advocacy Groups Set Out Their Goals for Rescheduling Process

The Biden administration’s proposed rule to federally reschedule marijuana has officially been posted, kicking off a public comment period that’s…

May 22, 2024

NYC Decision to Defund Homelessness Hub Fits Wider Pattern

In New York City, a center for people experiencing homelessness may have to shut down. Local lawmakers have chosen not…

May 21, 2024

Claims of “Passive Vaping Danger” Irritate Scientists

We’re facing a “New Danger of Passive Vaping,” according to a recent article in the Economic Times of India. It’s…

May 21, 2024

Arrests at North Carolina Methadone Clinic Raise Ethical, Legal Alarms

On a pleasant summer’s morning in North Carolina, a law enforcement officer was searching for a woman who had missed…

May 21, 2024

Amid DEA War on Meth, Cocaine Is at Last a “Traditional Plant-Based Drug”

The 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment (NDTA) is such a widely cited document partly because it houses Drug Enforcement Administration…

May 20, 2024

Pueblo, CO, Bans Syringe Programs. What Next for Harm Reduction There?

Lawmakers in Pueblo, Colorado, have decided to end sterile syringe provision in the city. Two local providers will now have…

May 20, 2024

Recent Reports Reflect How the FDA Props Up the Cigarette Trade

Two subscription-only reports have recently highlighted how the Food and Drug Administration is effectively propping up smoking in the United…

May 17, 2024

Overdose Deaths Fell Slightly in 2023, Per CDC, But Emergency Continues

New provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that fewer people in the United States died…

May 17, 2024

Walgreens Rolls Out $34.99 Naloxone, as Generics and OTC Gain Ground

Walgreens is rolling out an over-the-counter (OTC) naloxone nasal spray, which it will sell alongside the OTC Narcan it already…

May 16, 2024