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A Bad Election Night for Bids to Transform Criminal-Legal Systems

The future of criminal justice was on the ballot across the United States on November 2. The theme ran through…

November 3, 2021

Ottawa Decriminalization Moves Accelerate Amid Shift to Meth

Ottawa may not have advanced as far as some neighboring municipalities—like Toronto or Montreal—when it comes to formal proposals for…

November 3, 2021

PA Harm Reductionists Rally Around Bill to Authorize Syringe Programs

Susan Ousterman lost her son Tyler to an overdose when he was 24. If the state of Pennsylvania had legal,…

November 2, 2021

The FDA’s Vape Fiasco Will Perpetuate Smoking Deaths

What’s not to love to hate about the Food and Drug Administration’s non-decisions on nicotine vapes? We’re now almost two…

November 2, 2021

Seattle Times Slightly Obsessed With Abolitionist City Attorney Candidate

Nicole Thomas-Kennedy, a Seattle candidate for city attorney and self-identified prison and police abolitionist, can be characterized as a member…

November 1, 2021

NY Employers Can (Mostly) No Longer Fire You for Using Weed Off the Job

New Yorkers can no longer be fired for using marijuana while off the clock. Updated guidelines released by the state…

November 1, 2021

First Vape Company Full Stay Is Issued—and Suggests the FDA Miscalculated

On October 26, a United States federal court of appeals granted a full stay for vapor company Triton. This will…

October 28, 2021

The Annual “Halloween Candy or Edibles” Lie: Special COVID Edition

Because it is October, attorneys general across the country are participating in the annual tradition of urging parents to stand…

October 28, 2021

Fighting the Last War: An Excoriation of the WHO and Tobacco Control

The image on the cover of the new report, Fighting The Last War: The Who and International Tobacco Control, is…

October 28, 2021

Will Minneapolis Voters Replace Police With a Public Health Department?

On November 2, Minneapolis voters will decide whether to reshape the city's police department from its current form, and create…

October 27, 2021