More than 50 leading marijuana advocacy and civil rights organizations sent a letter to congressional leaders and appropriators on March…
Five years ago, I called the hotline for adult psychological services at a major university hospital’s psychiatry department. After completing…
In 2015, Scott County, Indiana, saw a huge HIV outbreak among its population of people who use drugs. The county…
At the end of February, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) entered two proposed tobacco standards—one for menthol in cigarettes…
Legislators in three different states—Georgia, Maryland and Mississippi—have recently introduced bills that would only allow the sale of vapor products…
Following the 2018 passage of AB 2942, California’s first-in-the-nation “prosecutor-initiated resentencing” law, Hillary Blout started the Oakland-based nonprofit For The…
Does microdosing LSD make you happier and smarter? Many believe so, but a new placebo-controlled study doesn't broadly support the…
The 2022 State of the Union address was the first such speech to mention harm reduction. The brief reference reinforced…
Over the last year or so, I have been purchasing most of my supply of drugs—including fentanyl, cocaine, Xanax, MDMA…
Chicago City Council will soon vote on a controversial ordinance to use civil asset forfeiture against people with convictions believed…