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Plan to Raise Smoking Age Yearly in England Draws Mixed Reactions

Rishi Sunak, prime minister of the United Kingdom, wants to increase the age at which people can buy tobacco and…

October 11, 2023

In WA Prisons, Cultural Groups Build Community. DOC Wants to Erase Us.

Incarceration in the United States has long been used to strip cultural identities from people of color. Through the centuries,…

October 11, 2023

Media Never Changed Its 1970s PCP Propaganda, Just Repurposed It

In 1927, a family in Mexico City ate cannabis leaves by accident. The father had just been killed, and with…

October 10, 2023

California Campaign for $5 Billion Psychedelic Research Agency Is Live

Signature-gathering has officially kicked off to qualify an initiative for California’s 2024 ballot that would spend $5 billion to create…

October 10, 2023

Vapes Can Free Up Vast Health Care Resources, Economist Explains

Tobacco harm reduction directly saves lives. But by reducing smoking-related diseases, it also has the potential to free up precious…

October 10, 2023

US-Mexico Talks: More Fentanyl Crackdowns, Deportations Loom

Top Biden administration officials have met with the Mexican president to discuss fentanyl, migration and security concerns. Their visit comes…

October 6, 2023

Big Vape: Netflix Docuseries Flips the Narrative on Juul

I was prepared to hate-watch the new Netflix limited docuseries, Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul, directed by…

October 5, 2023

WA Prisons Clear All Guards to Carry Narcan. Not All Intend to Do So.

Washington State Department of Corrections (WDOC) staff are now permitted to carry Narcan while on duty. Though the change is…

October 4, 2023

Portland, Maine, to Decriminalize Psychedelic Plants and Fungi

The City Council in Portland, Maine, has voted to deprioritize the local enforcement of laws against psychedelic plants and fungi,…

October 4, 2023

Amid the Trauma of Prison, an Unexpected Oasis: Crochet Club

Travis learned to crochet from his grandmother. He was 10 when she showed him his first stitch, in 1986, and…

October 3, 2023