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Project to Set Up 100 Harm Reduction “Vending Machines” Across Canada

Vending machines are increasingly being deployed to distribute harm reduction supplies in North America. As Filter has reported, they’re being…

February 6, 2023

DC’s Drug-War Reparations Proposal Is a Good Start, But Not Perfect

The newly introduced "Comprehensive Cannabis Legalization and Regulation Act of 2023” in Washington, DC, is a welcome and necessary turning…

February 3, 2023

The Counterfeit, Fentanyl-Based Pills Sold at Some Mexican Pharmacies

Counterfeit phamaceutical pills containing fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine are being sold out of Mexican pharmacies catering to customers from the…

February 3, 2023

Public Defenders Aren’t Principally About “Public Safety,” and That’s Ok

The notion that public defenders, constitutionally-mandated criminal defense lawyers, are part of the “public safety” sector has seemed to spread…

February 2, 2023

Safer-Nicotine Consumer Groups Have Almost No Funding Worldwide

Consumer organizations advocating for tobacco harm reduction (THR) are often underfunded, led by volunteers, and still successful, according to a…

February 2, 2023

How Can Implementation of Oregon’s Drug-Decrim Law Improve?

In November 2020, Oregon voters made history by passing Measure 110, to decriminalize personal possession of all drugs and shift…

February 2, 2023

Colorado’s Legal-Psilocybin Plan “Wide Open” as Gov. Appoints Board

Colorado Governor Jared Polis (D) has appointed a committee that's responsible for studying psychedelic therapy and helping to make it…

February 1, 2023

Lula Quietly Legitimizes Brazil’s Forced Drug Treatment Institutions

On January 20, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva established the Therapeutic Community Support Department, a government office that further…

February 1, 2023

Cannabis Reforms Face Uphill Struggle in “Very Conservative” Indiana

Indiana state lawmakers have filed several bills that would reform the deep-red state's harsh cannabis laws. But despite majority voter…

January 31, 2023

As Decriminalization Begins in British Columbia, Activists Watch Warily

British Columbia has officially become the first first province in Canada to decriminalize possession of small quantities of opioids, cocaine,…

January 31, 2023