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ACLU Sues Bureau of Prisons for Denying a Federal Prisoner Buprenorphine

In a key moment for the rights of incarcerated people with substance use disorders, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)…

September 11, 2019

Will the Departure of America’s Worst Prosecutor Even Improve Matters?

People sometimes ask who is the worst prosecutor in America, from a human rights standpoint. Most would answer that it…

September 11, 2019

The Empowering and Dangerous Work of Harm Reduction in Afghanistan

Idris Azizi speaks softly when he relates how, as a person living with HIV, he was told to sit in…

September 10, 2019

The Mystery Lung Disease Caused by “Vaping” Was a Textbook Drug Panic

The opportunity that tobacco harm reduction haters have been waiting for finally arrived. On September 4, Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D)…

September 10, 2019

Four Things an HIV Policy Survey Reveals About 2020 Candidates’ Harm Reduction Positions

Six Democratic presidential candidates—Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, Kamala Harris, Beto O'Rourke,Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren—have answered a recent survey about…

September 10, 2019

Are Fentanyl-Meth Deaths in Indiana Due to Contamination, or “Speedballing”?

Marion County, Indiana is seeing a troubling rise in deaths related to methamphetamine combined with fentanyl, according to the Indiana…

September 9, 2019

The Rank Hypocrisy of Marijuana Prohibition Advocates’ Taxpayer Funding

The New York Chapter of Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM), the prohibitionist organization led by Kevin Sabet, has submitted a…

September 9, 2019

Texas Prosecutor Elected on Reform Promise Doubles Down on Marijuana Charges

Bexar County, Texas, home to San Antonio, once rested in the picaresque clutches of District Attorney Nico LaHood, an Islamophobic…

September 9, 2019

Fate of Philly Safe Consumption Site Now Hinges on Judge’s Ruling

Nearly two years after Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said his office would not stand in the way of a safe…

September 6, 2019

Could Comparing Syringes to Mosquitoes Point the Way to Harm Reduction’s Future?

Needles and mosquitoes have more in common than just poking people; they can both transmit infectious diseases, serving as a…

September 5, 2019