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Political Rhetoric and Policing: Can We Break the Vicious Circle?

Our society’s emphasis on drug-law enforcement and the stigmatization and punishment of people who use drugs is driven in significant…

December 10, 2019

Booty-Bumping Meth: Harm Reduction for an Under-Discussed Practice

Stacy Cobine, a peer worker at a harm reduction center in Northern California, works with a lot of people who…

December 10, 2019

Study: Prior Authorization Requirement for Addiction Meds Is Killing NY Drug Users

Harm reduction activists in New York state are demanding increased access to lifesaving opioid use disorder medications, saying that regulatory…

December 10, 2019

A San Francisco Man Is Currently in Jail for Eating a Cookie in Rehab

San Francisco Superior Court Judge Michael Begert is probably feeling lucky that he is not facing reelection for another five…

December 9, 2019

The Rise and Fall of Drug-User Activism in Thailand

The atmosphere at the Rattanakosin Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, was electric. It was the kind of energy that forms when…

December 9, 2019

How to Legalize MDMA, With the Help of Pharmacies and Nightlife Spaces

On December 5, the Beckley Foundation, a British research organization focused on psychedelics and drug policy, called for tightly regulated…

December 6, 2019

NYC Over-Polices Subway at the Expense of Marginalized People

In September, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), which operates public transit in New York City, announced its plan to hire…

December 6, 2019

The Ethical Quagmire of Conducting Drug Trials With Incarcerated People

Using human beings as “guinea pigs” for unethical experiments becomes so much easier when the subjects belong to marginalized and…

December 5, 2019

“Not Mechanized or Automatic”—Ketamine Researcher Sounds Caution Over Alcohol Study

What really causes you to drink to excess? Elias Dakwar, MD says the answer is more complex than many think.…

December 5, 2019

San Diego Law Enforcement’s “Obscene” Targeting of POC With Mental Illness

The sheriff deputies of San Diego County and San Diego cops have disproportionately policed and used force against people of…

December 4, 2019