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Global COVID Vaccination Rates for People in Prison Remain Far Too Low

On December 14, Harm Reduction International (HRI) and Penal Reform International (PRI)—two non-governmental organizations based in the United Kingdom that…

December 15, 2021

New Orleans Result Could Increase Reformers’ Focus on Sheriff Elections

Since 2015, both Big Philanthropy funders and progressive grassroots activists have targeted local district attorney elections, seeing these once-sleepy affairs…

December 15, 2021

SAMHSA Weighs Permanent Methadone Take-Homes, Decades Too Late

In March 2020, to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infections among patients and staff, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health…

December 15, 2021

The NYPD Operates With Near-Impunity, Finds NYCLU Report

The New York City Police Department ignored the disciplinary recommendations of its oversight board in more than two-thirds of substantiated…

December 14, 2021

Which Towns and Cities in New York Will Ban Cannabis Sales?

Local governments in New York State are debating whether or not to ban recreational cannabis sales. They can either “opt…

December 14, 2021

What I Wish Someone Had Said to Me When I Started Using Drugs

When I began using drugs, I didn’t have anyone I could safely go to for advice or help. Nobody in…

December 14, 2021

What Exactly Should Social Equity in a Legal Marijuana Market Entail?

What will it take to effectively put equity first in a legal marijuana market? That’s a question a former Massachusetts…

December 13, 2021

Desperate to Win the Smokefree Race, New Zealand Resorts to Prohibition

Bhutan was the first country to ban the import and sale of tobacco, in 2004. But New Zealand is held…

December 13, 2021

A Study Was Claimed to Link Vapes to Cigarette “Relapse”—Let’s take a Look

In October, Journal of the American Medical Association published a study that claimed e-cigs were not an aid to help…

December 10, 2021

No Prison for Fentanyl Seller, Rules BC Judge: What Impact Might This Have?

A judge in Canada made a rare decision: She chose not to send a woman to prison for a drug…

December 10, 2021