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Fair Future Act Takes Aim at Housing Discrimination Over Drug Convictions

Bipartisan congressional lawmakers have filed a bill that would repeal a decades-old federal statute that’s led to the denial of…

March 13, 2026

Mortality Rate for LA’s Unhoused Residents Drops for the First Time

For the first time in the decade that the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has been tracking mortality…

March 12, 2026

Bill Would Require the VA to Study and Provide Psychedelic Treatments

A new bipartisan bill would mandate the Department of Veterans Affairs to establish "innovative therapies centers of excellence" that would…

March 12, 2026

FDA Eyeing “Drug Disposal” Products, for Destroying Rx Opioids at Home

The Food and Drug Administration is asking the public to weigh in on the merits of commercial drug-disposal products, for…

March 11, 2026

Why Ecuador Is Partnering in US Drug-War Strikes

On March 6, the United States “Department of War” released its latest Hollywood movie production. The brief video celebrated the…

March 11, 2026

Georgia Moves Backwards With New Forensic Mental Health Hospital

For the past 16 years, Georgia was under a federal injunction: It could not build any state-run psychiatric hospitals, because…

March 10, 2026

Irish Government Grows Ever More Hostile to Vaping

The Irish government has ramped up its hostility towards safer nicotine products by approving new legislation to further tighten restrictions…

March 10, 2026

Commission to Look at Methadone Regs, But Don’t Hold Your Breath

A new National Methadone Access and Quality Commission has been created by the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE). It…

March 9, 2026

CDC Identifies Specific Drugs Most Frequently Cited in Overdose Deaths

On March 5, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention a published a National Vital Statistics Report on the drugs most…

March 9, 2026

New Hampshire Senate Kills Latest Marijuana Legalization Bill

The New Hampshire Senate has defeated a House-passed bill to legalize marijuana—the latest blow for advocates in a years-long fight…

March 6, 2026