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A Long Walk With the Tobacco Users of Mumbai

I'm taking a walk through central Mumbai with Rizwan, who switched from smoking tobacco to vaping, then turned vape seller.…

March 27, 2024

If Suicidal Prisoners Should “Ask for Help,” Stop Taking Away Our Phones

The National Suicide Prevention Hotline posters showed up around 2018, when the outside world began to notice the uptick in…

March 26, 2024

Atlantic Canada’s New Hospital Services for People Who Use Drugs

There are all kinds of reasons a person who uses drugs might need to go to the emergency room. These…

March 26, 2024

As a Prison Fills With Wheelchairs and Walkers, an Eldercare Collective Forms

From our table in the prison day room at South Central Correctional Facility in Tennessee, my friends and I can…

March 25, 2024

Utah’s New Law to Authorize MDMA and Psilocybin Therapy

Utah is the latest state, and a notably conservative one, to authorize some form of psychedelic therapy. On March 21,…

March 25, 2024

Heated Tobacco Products Can Help the US Make Smoking Obsolete

From vapes to snus and nicotine pouches, we have a growing array of much safer substitutes for the combustible cigarettes…

March 22, 2024

Germany to Legalize Marijuana in Days, After Lawmakers Reject Delay

A bill to legalize marijuana in Germany will be implemented on schedule in April, with lawmakers representing individual states in…

March 22, 2024

Daily Methadone Clinic Dosing Creates Rural Transportation Nightmare

Heather Strong lives in a rural area of Maine, and can’t afford a car. She also uses methadone. So to…

March 21, 2024

CDC: Overdose Deaths Leveled Off in 2022, Still Setting New Record

The United States recorded 107,941 drug overdose deaths in 2022, according to final data from the Centers for Disease Control…

March 21, 2024

We Can Cure Hepatitis C. So Why Aren’t We?

There are few diseases in the world that we have the chance to totally eliminate, but hepatitis C (HCV) is…

March 21, 2024