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HHS Tries Again to Sell Congress on Administration for a Healthy America

In the year since Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced his plan to consolidate…

April 13, 2026

State Bills to Regulate Kratom Advance, Alongside Ones to Ban It

Nine months after Rhode Island passed a law regulating the sale of kratom, the partial opioid agonist that has divided…

April 10, 2026

White House Budget: No Funds for Housing, Some for Reopening Alcatraz

President Donald Trump has released his proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2027, which outlines sweeping cuts to essentially everything that…

April 9, 2026

“Stop With the Excuses”—PA Governor Demands Marijuana Legalization

Pennsylvania’s governor is increasing pressure on lawmakers to send him a bill to legalize marijuana in the state, saying that…

April 8, 2026

CDC and ONDCP Issue Health Alert for Medetomidine, an Unusual Move

On April 6 the White House announced a Health Alert Network (HAN) advisory warning about the effects of medetomidine, an…

April 7, 2026

Could Aversion Therapy for Alcohol Use Disorder Make a Comeback?

Schick Shadel Hospital in Burien, Washington, was the sole remaining facility in the United States to offer aversion therapy for…

April 7, 2026

Prison Suicide Watch Was Once a Staff Job. “Inmate Observers” Are Cheaper.

[Read Part 1 of this story here] Up until 2019, monitoring the people in the suicide watch cells at South…

April 6, 2026

New Jersey Harm Reduction Under a New Governor—and Trump

New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill (D), who took office in January, has a huge responsibility to continue advances made in…

April 6, 2026

Many Flaws, Few Retractions: “Vapes-Cause-Cancer” Studies

Two more published studies claiming to link vaping to cancer have come under fire for what experts identify as major…

April 3, 2026

Canadian Drug Policy Must Actively Uphold the Right to Life: UN Report

Canada has obligations to implement measures that actively protect the right to life, regardless of what the government thinks, asserts…

April 2, 2026