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No, Synthetic Opioid Cychlorphine Has Not Proved Narcan “Ineffective”

A minor media frenzy has been forming around cychlorphine, a novel synthetic opioid described as the "next killer drug" taking…

March 5, 2026

Impending Parks Ban Looms Over Phoenix Harm Reduction Efforts

A looming ban on harm reduction services in public parks in Phoenix has just been delayed for a further two…

March 5, 2026

Tennessee Prison Guards Want to Wear Body Cams. Prisoners Want That, Too.

Tennessee’s GOP-supermajority legislature seems to have found a bipartisan idea it can support: body-worn cameras for corrections officers in the…

March 4, 2026

Wisconsin Urged to Make Smoking-Cessation Tools Less Accessible

Wisconsin lawmakers need to do more to reduce a smoking rate that causes almost 8,000 annual deaths, says the American…

March 4, 2026

DEA Permanently Bans Five Benzos, the First to Be Placed in Schedule I

On March 2, the Drug Enforcement Administration published a final rule permanently scheduling five benzodiazepines under the Controlled Substances Act.…

March 3, 2026

The Kingpin Effect: Violence From “El Mencho” Killing Far From Over

Violence erupted across Mexico in the immediate aftermath of the February 22 killing of the drug lord known as “El…

March 3, 2026

Georgia “One Strike Act”: Even More Life Sentences, Even Less Parole

In late February, senators in Georgia introduced a bill known as the One Strike Act. Though the name—a riff of…

March 2, 2026

“Would You Want to Live Next to a Clinic?”—Methadone NIMBYism

The speeches at the press conference in Harlem were a distillation of stigmatizing ideas about methadone, clinics and patients that…

March 2, 2026

New Bid to Create Marijuana Legalization Pilot in Louisiana

A Louisiana lawmaker has introduced a bill to create an adult-use marijuana legalization pilot program in the state to determine…

February 27, 2026

Oklahoma Weighs “Repeat Offender” Law for Drug Use During Pregnancy

Oklahoma is considering a bill that would increase the state’s authority to intervene when people use unregulated drugs during pregnancy,…

February 26, 2026