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Hawaii Advances Bills to Legalize Cannabis, Explore Psychedelic Therapy

A pair of bills to legalize marijuana were approved in Hawaii Senate committees on February 16, and a House panel…

February 17, 2023

The Spravato Diaries: My Ketamine-ish Depression Treatment

In the fall of 2020, COVID lockdown-induced depression triggered my incarceration-related PTSD and related suicidal ideation. So I looked into…

February 17, 2023

San Francisco’s Proposal to Deport People for Fentanyl-Sales Charges

A San Francisco lawmaker wants to make it easier to detain and deport undocumented immigrants for fentanyl sales charges. Like…

February 16, 2023

A Team of Prison Braille Transcribers Works, in a System That Doesn’t

In the Georgia Braille Transcribers (GBT) shop within Central State Prison, a sign informs visitors that the program has a…

February 16, 2023

FDA Inches Closer to OTC Narcan—at the Expense of Generic Naloxone

Advisors to the Food and Drug Administration have voted unanimously in support of making a naloxone product available without requiring…

February 15, 2023

National Teen Survey Shows Static Drug-Use Rates Amid Increased Risks

Young America is in crisis, depicts a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report on teenage mental health…

February 15, 2023

Inherent Problems With Post-Incarceration Services for Drug Users

Social service programs have a long way to go to build trust with people who use drugs who have been…

February 15, 2023

Tobacco Harm Reduction Reflections, as My Years of Reporting End

Many people who vape, or are otherwise involved in tobacco harm reduction, will remember the summer of 2019. That was…

February 14, 2023

Federal Bill Would Take Cops Out of Traffic Enforcement

A member of Congress has a bold plan to take police out of traffic enforcement—with money earmarked to incentivize cities…

February 14, 2023

The Tech Companies Policing Methadone Patients for Profit

Apparently, fingernails and hair create “layers of drug history.” At the Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD) conference,…

February 14, 2023