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World Hepatitis Day 2021 Platforms a Crisis That “Can’t Wait”

Since 2018, the World Hepatitis Alliance has promoted World Hepatitis Day—July 28—with the hashtag #FindingTheMissingMillions. A global advocacy and awareness…

July 28, 2021

How Can a Syringe Program Reject Harm Reduction for Smoking?

One day last year, when I was working as a medical case manager at the Colorado Health Network, which operates…

July 28, 2021

The WHO Emphasizes Its Mission to Destroy Safer Nicotine Alternatives

On July 27, the World Health Organization (WHO) released its eighth report on the global tobacco “epidemic,” highlighting the “need to…

July 27, 2021

This Iowa Prosecutor Race Will Be a Significant National Yardstick

The County Attorney’s Office in Polk County (Des Moines), Iowa has gotten little attention from criminal justice reform advocates—at least…

July 27, 2021

“Undoing Drugs”—Maia Szalavitz’s Profound History of Harm Reduction

In 1986, HIV/AIDS was burning through New York. The city’s gay population was devastated, and, though it was talked about…

July 27, 2021

Questions Linger Over California’s Record Homelessness Funding

On July 19, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a $12 billion funding package to address homelessness—the largest single sum a…

July 26, 2021

Biden Pick of Rachael Rollins for US Attorney of Mass. a Mixed Blessing

President Joe Biden has announced his intention to appoint Suffolk County (Boston) District Attorney Rachael Rollins as the next US…

July 26, 2021

Senate Marijuana Legalization Bill Falls Short in Key Areas, Advocates Say

On July 14, Senators Cory Booker, Chuck Schumer and Ron Wyden announced a draft discussion of a new federal cannabis…

July 26, 2021

Atlantic City Council Votes to End Syringe Program at Chaotic Meeting

Thank you, have a good evening. Atlantic City Council President George Tibbitt repeated the refrain again and again at a…

July 22, 2021

Congress Plans Historic Federal Funding for Syringe Programs

A Congressional budget committee released a draft spending bill on July 11 that would finally erase what remains of a…

July 22, 2021