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Health Canada Keeps Admitting That Its Vape Policies Could Increase Smoking

On June 19, Health Canada, the agency responsible for the country’s health policy, released a proposed regulation that would ban…

June 24, 2021

Alvin Bragg Likely to Be Manhattan’s Next DA: What Are the Implications?

The Democratic primary for Manhattan’s next district attorney was a big mess. Leading up to the June 22 election, there…

June 23, 2021

The Naloxone Arms Race Is Headed Nowhere Good

In elementary school, my best friend Celina wanted to be a doctor when she grew up. She loved science, gave…

June 23, 2021

Connecticut’s Adult-Use Marijuana Legalization Protects Youth, Students

The Connecticut bill signed into law on June 22 legalizing, taxing and regulating cannabis for adults 21 and older has…

June 23, 2021

Global Forum on Nicotine Conveys Cautious Optimism for Tobacco Harm Reduction

At the Global Forum on Nicotine (GFN), hosted in Liverpool, England, and broadcast online on June 16 and 17, experts…

June 22, 2021

Scapegoating of Chesa Boudin Reflects Ugly Attitudes to Unhoused People

A few years back, an article describing Fayetteville made the small North Carolina city look like a hotbed of hatred…

June 22, 2021

Ninety-One Percent of Recent NYPD Marijuana Arrests Were of Black or Hispanic People

Police in New York City continued to arrest and issue summons to thousands of people over simple marijuana possession in…

June 21, 2021

Alzheimer’s Drug Approval “Damages FDA Credibility,” Advocates Say

When the Food and Drug Administration approved a controversial new Alzheimer’s treatment on June 7, it was over widespread expert…

June 21, 2021

We Must Address the Overdose Crisis With the Same Focus as COVID-19

The United States is simultaneously experiencing two devastating public health crises—the COVID-19 pandemic and the overdose epidemic. As the rates…

June 21, 2021

New Jersey Spent $11 Billion in 10 Years on Failing to Eradicate Drugs

From 2010-2019, the state of New Jersey spent more than $11 billion fighting the drug war—and overdose deaths only increased.…

June 17, 2021