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German Company May Partner With Taliban to Export Afghan Cannabis

A German marijuana company says it is still in talks with the Taliban regime of Afghanistan about setting up a cannabis…

December 28, 2021

Hochul Signs Long-Awaited Bill Removing MOUD Barriers for New Yorkers on Medicaid

New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation that removed prior authorization for people on Medicaid to access medication for opioid…

December 24, 2021

FDA Approves First Long-Lasting HIV PrEP Medication—But There’s a Catch

The FDA has approved the first injectable medication to protect against HIV transmission. Apretude is injected every other month, setting…

December 23, 2021

The Lack of Prosecutor Accountability Behind Trucker’s 110-Year Sentence

By now, much of the world has heard of Kayla Wildeman, the deputy prosecutor in Golden, Colorado who boasted on…

December 23, 2021

NYC’s Safe Consumption Sites Have Averted 63 Overdoses in Three Weeks

In the three weeks since the first authorized safe consumption sites (SCS) in the US began operating, the two New…

December 22, 2021

NY Bill Would Extend Marijuana Equity to Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual People

A New York senator filed a bill to make it so that gay, lesbian and bisexual people can qualify as…

December 21, 2021

SF Mayor London Breed Plans More Drug Arrests to “Take Back Our Tenderloin”

Declaring that “We need to take back our Tenderloin,” a hip, mixed-income neighborhood in San Francisco with a large unhoused…

December 20, 2021

Ex-WHO Director Slams Its Tobacco Harm Reduction Denial

The World Health Organization’s reputation took another big hit at a conference in London earlier this month that discussed global…

December 20, 2021

Alcohol and Dementia: Why the Evidence Has Been Suppressed

A familiar substance has repeatedly been associated with protection against dementia. But we’re not allowed to learn that. Instead, government…

December 20, 2021

Oregon County Debates Temporary Sites for Unhoused People as Winter Sets In

Elected officials in largely rural Deschutes County, Oregon, and its largest city of Bend, are debating where to let unhoused…

December 17, 2021