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UK Launches Independent Review to Look at Tobacco Health Disparities

On February 4, the United Kingdom launched an independent review to study smoking-related health disparities. It’s the government’s latest move…

February 9, 2022

How Halifax’s Safe Supply Hotels Brought Hope in the Early Pandemic

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, in April 2020, there was a confirmed case at a pop-up shelter in Halifax, Nova…

February 9, 2022

Proposed Drug-Decrim Ballot Initiative All Set in Washington State

Washington State activists have filed a proposed ballot initiative that would remove criminal penalties for simple drug possession and direct…

February 8, 2022

Drug Euphoria Is a Good Thing, Actually

Back before I'd ever heard of harm reduction, I spent a lot of time preoccupied with whether my prescription stimulant…

February 8, 2022

The Mexican Government’s Lawsuit Against US Gunmakers Over Drug-War Deaths

On January 31, officials representing 13 US states and dozens of counties, advocates and others submitted official statements in support…

February 8, 2022

CA Bill to Decriminalize “Loitering” Spotlights Cops-Turned-Politicians

A 2019 explainer from CalMatters on the difficulties of police reform in Sacramento explained that “at least four legislators are…

February 7, 2022

Prison for Selling Michael K. Williams Drugs Is Not Justice

Federal prosecutors in New York charged four men on February 2 in connection with the accidental overdose death of actor…

February 4, 2022

Court Lets Four FDA-Denied Vape Companies Resume Sales, for Now

On February 1, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals granted four nicotine vape manufacturers—Bidi Vapor, Diamond Vapor, Johnny Cooper and…

February 4, 2022

A BC Safe Supply Program Pushes the Medical Model as Far as It Will Go

In 2019, Canada funded an expansion of safe supply and put out a call for pilot programs. Of particular interest…

February 3, 2022

DEA Wants to Add Five Drugs to the Highly Criminalized Schedule I List

It’s dispiriting that in 2022, with decriminalization efforts taking off nationwide, adding more drugs to the Controlled Substances Act is…

February 3, 2022