Isolation, drug-supply disruptions and other effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have sent North America’s already-high overdose rates soaring. Here in…
On September 9, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published their latest findings on vaping prevalence among youth.…
Before COVID-19, the District of Columbia was already experiencing a public health crisis that has only worsened since: overdose deaths.…
Colorado Governor Jared Polis (D) took executive action on October 1 to pardon nearly 3,000 people with low-level marijuana convictions.…
On September 21, the City Council of Ann Arbor, Michigan voted unanimously to decriminalize naturally occurring psychedelics. It becomes the…
Californians will continue to be permitted to purchase sterile syringes and needles at community pharmacies without a prescription, thanks to…
In 10 years, one in five people who inject opioids is predicted to die from a preventable heart infection, according…
The grand jury’s decision in the Breonna Taylor case is infuriating. It was also, perhaps, inevitable. While scholars will spend…
It will go easier on you if you cooperate with them," said the nursing assistant sitting beside my bed. Clearly,…
Kristen Clarke, the executive director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, wrote a CNN opinion column decrying…