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A Close Look at Denial of Pain Meds to People Who Use Drugs

For people who use drugs, accessing prescription pain medication when needed can be a severe challenge. A new paper digs…

April 18, 2024

TN Private Prisons Quietly Transfer Us, This Time Without Saying Why

In 2016, the Tennessee Department of Corrections (TDOC) opened Trousdale Turner Correctional Center—the largest of the state's 14 prisons, and…

April 17, 2024

Researchers Ask Court to Block DEA Bid to Ban Two Psychedelics

Researchers are asking a federal court to block the Drug Enforcement Administration from proceeding in its attempt to ban two…

April 17, 2024

San Francisco Overdose Deaths Falling in Early 2024: Will It Last?

San Francisco recorded slowly decreasing overdose deaths over the first three months of 2024, according to new data. But how…

April 16, 2024

Vapes Seem to Have Become More Effective as Smoking Cessation Tools

People in the United States have become increasingly likely to find that nicotine vapes help them quit cigarettes, according to…

April 16, 2024

The Campaign to Call Fentanyl Deaths “Poisoning” Is Working as Intended

A basic concept of toxicology is that “the dose makes the poison.” Any substance becomes poisonous to the human body…

April 16, 2024

Psychedelic Community Divided Over Upcoming Conference in Israel

At a psychedelics conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, this July, attendees are due to hear talks on topics including “Psychedelics,…

April 15, 2024

NY County Sued for Illegally Denying Person OUD Meds in Jail

A lawsuit accuses a New York county jail of repeatedly denying a man held there his medication for opioid use…

April 12, 2024

To Save Veterans’ Lives, the VA Must Innovate on Smoking Cessation

The United States has invested trillions of dollars to equip our armed forces with hardware and technology. Yet over the…

April 12, 2024

End Discriminatory Marijuana Testing of Trucking Industry Workers

Tens of thousands of workers are leaving the commercial trucking industry because the federal government refuses to update its antiquated…

April 11, 2024