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Spread Across Cities, Could Fire Stations Host Safe Consumption Sites?

There are 41 fire stations spread across Calgary, Alberta. To a group of University of Calgary medical students, they represent…

March 7, 2023

City-Level Psychedelic Decrim Still Spreading Fast, But Questions Remain

The city of Ferndale just approved a bill to decriminalize psychedelic plants and fungi. It's the fourth city in Michigan…

March 6, 2023

Why Are My Classmates Switching From Vaping to Smoking?

When I first arrived in Rome to attend university last summer, I was surprised by both the widespread cigarette smoking…

March 6, 2023

Missouri Makes Promising Expungements Start, Erasing 7,500 Cannabis Records

The state of Missouri has cleared several thousand old marijuana records as it implements adult-use legalization, which voters approved in…

March 3, 2023

How We’re Building Collective Harm Reduction Power in South Carolina

Most harm reduction work plays out in legal gray areas, but in South Carolina that's all we know. There’s no…

March 2, 2023

Cannabis Home-Grow to Remain a Felony in WA, Years After Legalization

The latest effort to allow Washington State adults to grow cannabis at home has fallen short, pulled from consideration ahead…

March 2, 2023

Landmark HIV Trial Breaks Treatment Access Barrier With Long-Acting Meds

For the first time, clinical researchers have provided long-acting HIV treatment to people who had not previously completed a higher-barrier…

March 1, 2023

Ending the X-Waiver Doesn’t End OUD-Meds Stigma in Health Care

Many health care organizations have praised, as they should, the repeal of the X-waiver that unjustifiably restricted buprenorphine prescribing. Buprenorphine…

March 1, 2023

Biden Touts Cannabis Pardons in Black History Month Speech

Speaking at an event commemorating the end of Black History Month on February 27, President Joe Biden again touted his…

February 28, 2023

Queensland, Australia, to Provide Free Drug-Checking Services

The state of Queensland, Australia, has announced that it will begin providing free drug-checking services. People will be able to…

February 28, 2023