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African Experts Explain Their Challenges in Reducing Tobacco Harms

Major obstacles to tobacco harm reduction exist in high-income, “western” countries from the United States to Australia. Yet it’s vital…

July 29, 2019

Massachusetts Advances Its Unique Cannabis Social Equity Program

On July 17, the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) approved six organizations to provide technical and financial assistance to budding…

July 26, 2019

India Persecutes Leading Legal Advocate for People Who Use Drugs

The Indian High Court would not have become the first in the world to strike down mandatory death penalties for…

July 25, 2019

Nicotine Testing for High Schoolers Is a Drug War-Style Disaster

As the so-called epidemic of teen vaping continues to garner sensational headlines—“Why vaping is so dangerous for teens”; “The scary…

July 25, 2019

Why Those of Us Who Choose Sobriety Should Back Safe Consumption Sites

In many areas of public health and medicine, best practices are routinely adopted without much resistance. Sure, there is always…

July 25, 2019

Kamala Harris Cannabis Legalization Bill Is Also About Immigrant Justice

On July 22, Senator Kamala Harris, the betting markets' favorite to become the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee, introduced federal marijuana…

July 24, 2019

FDA Cherry Picks Science in “Magic” Anti-Vaping Campaign

On July 22, the US Food and Drug Administration announced the launch of two new videos promoting the message that…

July 23, 2019

When Harm Reduction Expansion Stifles Activism: A Lesson From Europe

For six weeks this summer I had the extraordinary opportunity to visit harm reduction programs all over Western Europe. In…

July 23, 2019

Rising Meth-Involved Deaths of Major Concern Amid Estimated 2018 Overdose Fall

For the first time since the 1990s, fatal drug overdoses decreased in 2018, according to preliminary Center for Disease Control…

July 22, 2019

To Taper a Pain Patient? It’s Never One-Size-Fits-All

Many years ago, I broke my ankle⁠—tibia and fibula⁠—in a fall from a horse. It was compound and comminuted, meaning…

July 22, 2019