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House Votes to Equalize Sentencing for Crack and Powder Cocaine

On September 28, the US House of Representatives approved a bill to make punishments for federal crack cocaine charges the…

September 30, 2021

What Not to Read Into the FBI’s Latest Murder Data

The FBI’s annual Uniform Crime Report is severely limited. Although 85 percent of America’s 15,875 police agencies send their local…

September 29, 2021

Vape Advocates and Prohibitionists Temporarily Unite to Slam the FDA

On September 28, a string of mainstream public health organizations including the American Lung Association and the American Heart Association,…

September 29, 2021

How Splitting and Sharing Got the OK at Canada’s Overdose Prevention and Supervised Consumption Sites

Never underestimate the power and dedication of a group of fearless and motivated harm reductionists. Early in the process of…

September 29, 2021

National Expungement Week: Learn How to Clear Your Record (For Free)

September 26 through October 3 is National Expungement Week of Action and Awareness (NEW), and a series of in-person and…

September 28, 2021

Drug Users Testify as MA Lawmakers Weigh Safe Consumption Sites

On September 27, Massachusetts lawmakers invited members of the public to speak about safe consumption sites (SCS). The state legislature…

September 28, 2021

Health Care Workers Need to Be Watching the Splintering Drug Supply

In the summer of 2016, the synthetic cannabinoid "K2" burst into the drug landscape in Austin, where I was working…

September 28, 2021

New Evidence Exposes Harms of Philly’s Smoking Ban in Drug Treatment

“Huge step backwards for recovery, it sucks!” was how one participant in a new study described the smoking ban in…

September 27, 2021

The Media Needs to Get Vaping Right on the First Try

In mid-September, two articles in prominent news outlets caused an uproar over how the media continues to misunderstand and misrepresent vaping.…

September 23, 2021

WV Harm Reduction Workers Form Coalition Amid HIV, Syringe Crises

West Virginia harm reduction workers are launching a new statewide coalition. "Mountain State Harm Reduction" will provide overdose prevention and…

September 23, 2021