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My Overdose on “Benzo Dope” Was Part of a Current Wave

It’s hard to write a story about events of which you have almost no recollection. But as the days pass,…

June 22, 2022

Vermont Gov. Vetoes Safe Consumption Sites, Along With the Harm Reduction He Claims to Support

On June 7, Vermont Governor Phil Scott (R) vetoed House Bill 728, which would have created an Overdose Prevention Site…

June 17, 2022

First-of-Its-Kind Lawsuit Demands Insurance Companies Cover Medical Marijuana for Behavioral Health

New Mexico’s largest marijuana company and a coalition of patients have filed a class-action lawsuit against seven health insurance companies…

June 15, 2022

“Gone With the Smoke”—San Francisco Harm Reductionist Talks Vapes

Jason Norelli is a harm reduction navigation manager at Glide in San Francisco. I interviewed him for the video above at…

June 15, 2022

Oregon to Regulate Synthetic Cannabis Products, Setting National Precedent

Beginning on July 1, 2022, the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC) will ban the sale of “artificially derived cannabinoids”…

June 14, 2022

Authorizing Very Low Nicotine Cigarettes Is Short-Sighted

In a surprising decision at the end of 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted a new tobacco company,…

June 14, 2022

Out Early From a 15-Year Carfentanil Sentence, Her Next Fight Begins

Wendy Kraus-Heitmann has had a hard life, but one that someone could write a good book about. Raised in Nebraska,…

June 13, 2022

Mexico Keeps Moving Closer to Total Vape Prohibition

Commercialization of vaping devices has always been technically illegal in Mexico. Usage, however, has not been, and the growth of…

June 10, 2022

Hep C Outreach and Anonymity at Harm Reduction Vending Machines

Vending machines have proven to be an unexpected but largely successful harm reduction tool in numerous countries. In jurisdictions such…

June 10, 2022

Biden’s Asylum Program Deporting People With No Lawyer, No Hearing

A report by the Immigrants’ Rights Policy Clinic at the UCLA School of Law has found that 99 percent of…

June 9, 2022