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It’s Time to Change the Way We Look at Youth Vaping

Underage vaping continues to dominate discourse and drive public policy. Daily, alarmist media headlines feed the anxieties of parents, teachers…

July 14, 2023

Learn From Portugal Decriminalization, Says One-Time US “Drug Czar”

A former acting White House "drug czar" says the United States has a lot to learn from Portugal’s move to…

July 13, 2023

The False Claim That Addiction Is “All About the Dopamine”

It seems today that everyone and their brother knows about the dopamine hypothesis of drug addiction. The popular version, simply…

July 13, 2023

Anti-Vape Propaganda Finds a Home in Brazil’s Medical Cannabis Industry

On June 27, Brazil's Chamber of Deputies rolled out the Portuguese translation of Transform Drug Policy's How to Regulate Cannabis:…

July 12, 2023

Time Short to Stop the WHO’s Assault on Tobacco Harm Reduction

You may not have heard it, but the final lap bell has been rung in the race to inflict maximum…

July 12, 2023

Will Pennsylvania Legalize Cannabis in 2023? And If So, How?

Will 2023 be the year Pennsylvania legalizes cannabis? Lawmakers have a new bill, but will need to win enough support…

July 11, 2023

The Right-Wing Backlash to Harm Reduction in Canada

To harm reductionists in the United States, Canada can sound like a bastion of progressive, evidence-based drug policies. Naloxone is…

July 11, 2023

Sharing Needles as Street Kids in LA, During the Rise of the HIV Epidemic

In 1990 Los Angeles, the kids who did sex work had communal syringes stashed in hiding places around the city.…

July 10, 2023

Accelerated Resolution Therapy Was Transformative for My PTSD

No drugs, no pain, very low cost, and it can break treatment-resistant trauma in one-to-five sessions? If such a treatment…

July 10, 2023

If You Care About the Climate Crisis, Fight to Legalize Drugs

On June 26, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime released its annual report on the illicit drug trade.…

July 7, 2023