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Oregon Psilocybin Centers Are Open. Here’s What We Know About Them.

Almost three years after Oregon voters approved psilocybin legalization for healing purposes, centers offering mushrooms are now open to the…

August 29, 2023

“Acid Flashbacks” Are a Disorder of Prohibition

Around the summer of 2019, I was interviewed for a job in “B2B communications.” The meeting rooms were fashionable and…

August 29, 2023

If Fentanyl Were in Fake Adderall Pills, the DEA Would’ve Proved It by Now

On August 25, the New York Office of Public Safety held a briefing ahead of International Overdose Awareness Day. It…

August 28, 2023

One By One, Delaware Beach Towns Move to Ban Cannabis Dispensaries

Three of Delaware's six most prominent beach towns have now voted to ban cannabis dispensaries, while the other three are…

August 25, 2023

Learning to Do HIV Peer Education in the ’90s, by Unlearning What to Say

In the summer of 1992, a few weeks after I'd learned I had HIV, I was down at the local…

August 24, 2023

US Overdose Database Unveiled, With a Rare View From the County Level

A first-of-its-kind tracker from the San Francisco Chronicle organizes United States drug overdose death data into a unified, searchable database.…

August 23, 2023

DE Lifts “One-to-One” Cap on Syringe Exchange, a Reform Long Overdue

Delaware syringe service programs (SSP) are no longer limited to "one-to-one" exchange, a widely criticized policy that restricts SSP from…

August 22, 2023

“We Need Full Legalization”: WI Senator Publishes Marijuana Zine

The top Democrat in the Wisconsin Senate has released a marijuana policy “zine” featuring information and cartoon illustrations about the…

August 22, 2023

FDA’s Approaching Menthol Cigarette Ban Would Expand the Drug War

A national ban on menthol cigarettes is inching closer. This month, the United States Food and Drug Administration will publish…

August 21, 2023

“Record High” Adult Cannabis, Psychedelics Use—But Teen Use Stable

While underage marijuana use has remained stable amid the legalization movement, a new federally funded study shows that adult consumption…

August 18, 2023