FilterMag

Fentanyl Cut With Xylazine Designated “Emerging Threat” by Feds

On April 12, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) formally designated xylazine, in combination with fentanyl,…

April 13, 2023

Gov. Hochul Is Once Again Targeting New York’s Bail Reforms

New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) is holding up the state budget in an effort to force through a rollback…

April 13, 2023

Meth Overamps Come in Two Forms. Mostly the One We Don’t Talk About.

To people who don't use meth, "overamp" means uncontrolled adrenaline. The term refers to overdose of stimulants and has come…

April 13, 2023

UK’s World-First Plan to Give Vape Kits to a Million People Who Smoke

The United Kingdom will be offering free nicotine vape kits to one million people who smoke cigarettes. Nothing like this…

April 13, 2023

German Government Unveils Its New Cannabis Legalization Plan

Top German health officials have unveiled a revised plan to legalize marijuana nationwide. German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach and Federal Minister…

April 12, 2023

Indigenous Harm Reduction Group Behind Free Naloxone Mailing in WI

Any Wisconsin resident can now get free naloxone, the lifesaving opioid-overdose reversal drug, by mail. Like many others, the state…

April 12, 2023

Our Prison Says We Have Suboxone Access. Prisoners Say Otherwise.

Washington Corrections Center (WCC) is one of the Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities in the Washington State Department of Corrections (WDOC)…

April 11, 2023

Oregon Licences Its First Psilocybin Manufacturers

The first two psilocybin manufacturers have been licensed to operate in Oregon, where they will grow and sell mushrooms. State…

April 11, 2023

Not All Substance Use Disorders Are Rooted in Trauma

Thanks largely to Gabor Maté, it has become popular to say that addictions are overwhelmingly rooted in trauma.  However, the…

April 11, 2023

Meth Harm Reduction and the Adderall Shortage

For most of my 20s, running out of Adderall was the problem that put everything else on hold. If my…

April 10, 2023