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My Relationships With Drugs Vary Wildly: We Must Recognize Spectrums

For the last 14 years I have bounced around nearly every part of the drug-use spectrum, though I’ve rarely stayed…

November 13, 2018

Meet America’s New Most Reform-Minded DA: A Q&A With Rachael Rollins

In the mid-1990s, Joseph P. Overton—a senior vice president at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy—observed that no matter how…

November 9, 2018

“I Was Just Ignorant”—World-Renowned Vaping Researcher on His Dramatic Conversion

Dr. Riccardo Polosa is professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Catania, Italy, and a world-renowned researcher into tobacco harm…

November 8, 2018

Harsher Federal Penalties for Selling Fentanyl-Laced Drugs Have Taken Effect—Expect Unintended Consequences

New federal sentencing guidelines that took effect November 1 significantly increase the potential prison sentence faced by someone who sells heroin…

November 8, 2018

What Will Be the Implications of Jeff Sessions’ Exit?

The day after the midterm elections saw Republicans cede control of the House of Representatives, President Trump fired Attorney General…

November 8, 2018

The Marijuana Prohibition Movement Fails to Condemn Anti-Semitism in Its Ranks

I am still reeling after the mass shooting targeting the Jewish community in Pittsburgh last month. But perhaps I shouldn’t…

November 8, 2018

Video: Filter Editor Denounces War on Nicotine to Regulator Watch

Helen Redmond, Filter's senior editor, made plenty of waves with her recent piece, "The War on Nicotine Pits Prejudice Against…

November 7, 2018

Drug Policy Reform Inched Forward in the Midterms: Here Are the Details

Broadly as expected, Democrats flipped the House in the midterm elections, while Republicans strengthened their grip on the Senate. Many…

November 7, 2018

Insys—Which Fought Cannabis Legalization—Now May Turn Itself Entirely Into a Cannabis Company

Insys—the pharmaceutical company investigated for its unethical fentanyl marketing tactics in the midst of the opioid crisis—has been planning to…

November 6, 2018

Rape Survivor Advocates Endorse Pro-Criminal Justice Reform DA Candidates

Rape survivor advocacy groups are typically assumed—often inaccurately—to support the most “tough-on-crime” candidates for prosecutor positions. District Attorneys, meanwhile, typically…

November 6, 2018