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“Cannamoms” Find Community Can Overcome Stigma

Almost nobody in Ashley’s* life knows that she uses cannabis to help cope with her anxiety as a mother. She’s…

January 10, 2024

Sex Work, Anti-Trafficking Policies and the Continuum of Consent

Circumstantial sex workers often do sex work for a period of time to get by. During their time in the…

January 9, 2024

Kentucky Shelves Plan to Use Opioid Settlement Cash for Ibogaine Pilot

A plan in Kentucky to create an ibogaine treatment and research pilot with opioid settlement funding has run aground. It…

January 9, 2024

UK Medical Cannabis Access Beset With Social and Systemic Barriers

While a number of countries have been taking recent steps toward legalizing cannabis, the United Kingdom lags behind. Unlike in…

January 8, 2024

When People Ask Harm Reductionists, “What About Treatment?”

“What about treatment?” I’m commonly asked this question by well-intentioned folks when I say I am a harm reduction advocate,…

January 8, 2024

Scathing Rebuke for FDA, as Appeals Court Gives Hope for Flavored Vapes

A federal appeals court has issued a scathing rebuke to the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over its…

January 5, 2024

Work on MN Marijuana Record Expungements “Well Underway”

Minnesota’s Department of Public Safety posted an update on the state’s mandated expungement of thousands of marijuana-related criminal records on…

January 5, 2024

SMOKEOUT Act Aims New Crackdown at Unlicensed NY Cannabis Stores

A New York State bill would give cities and towns new enforcement powers to target and shut down unlicensed cannabis…

January 4, 2024

India Doubles Down on Vape Ban With Research and Media Censorship

Over five million Indians have died of smoking-related causes since their government banned the sale of vapes and heated tobacco…

January 4, 2024

Tobacco Harm Reduction Consumers Speak Out at EU Parliament

On December 5, the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, held an unprecedented event, titled “Harm Reduction: The Road to a…

January 3, 2024