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Alcohol Must Be Part of the Harm Reduction Conversation

Alcohol is our favorite recreational drug besides caffeine. According to SAMHSA’s National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 179 million…

October 1, 2019

Chemsex Invisibility May Explain Missing Meth Use in UK Data

Regular methamphetamine and mephedrone use is nearly nonexistent in the United Kingdom—that is, if you simply rely on the latest…

September 30, 2019

New York Vapers Say Flavor Ban Will Drive Them Back to Cigarettes

New York has joined a wave of bans on sales of flavored vape products that's spreading across US cities and…

September 30, 2019

Ecuador’s Drug Decriminalization Bid Has Lessons for the World

When Rodrigo Velez received a call in 2008 asking him to become Ecuador’s new "Drug Czar," he thought it was…

September 30, 2019

The DEA Joins the FDA in THC Vapes Crackdown

Federal agencies that drive the United States' domestic and global drug war have been enlisted by the Food and Drug…

September 26, 2019

NYPD Misconduct Complaints Are Surging (But Blamed on “Anti-Cop Sentiment”)

New Yorkers are filing complaints against New York Police Department (NYPD) officers in numbers unseen in the past five years.…

September 25, 2019

A Cop Killed Her 17-Year-Old Grandson⁠. She Fights to Transform Portland.

The first thing he did with my family was tell a lie,” Donna Hayes, the grandmother of 17-year-old Quanice Hayes,…

September 25, 2019

The White Van Prescribing Buprenorphine Outside a Baltimore Jail

In 2017 the Behavioral Health Leadership Institute (BHLI), a Baltimore nonprofit, rented a truck. The large white GMC van sits…

September 25, 2019

Sheriff’s Painstaking Bid to Spin San Diego County Jail’s High Suicide Rate

You could say that the San Diego County Jail is a place where people are sent to die. Earlier this…

September 25, 2019

Even Insured Black Gay Men Still Aren’t Getting Equal Access to PrEP

There's a pill that can prevent new HIV infections—but, among queer men, it still mostly remains in the prescription bottles…

September 24, 2019