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Rose McGowan to Accept Reduced Drug Charge to Avoid Criminal Trial. She’ll Be Fine—Many Others Aren’t So Lucky

Actress Rose McGowan—one of the first women to come forward when Harvey Weinstein was accused of decades of sexual abuse—will…

January 9, 2019

January 9, 2019 Media Roundup: Voting Rights Restored in Florida, Actor Eric Bogosian Is Misinformed; and So, of Course, Is Trump

    Most Imported Heroin Comes Through Legal Points of Entry [Washington Post] In his address to the country last night,…

January 9, 2019

Tell Your Children…That Alex Berenson Is Full of It

A book published January 8 on the dangers of marijuana—ominously titled Tell Your Children: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence—by former New…

January 9, 2019

The Shady “National Police Association” Behind the Headlines

Last month the National Police Association (NPA) filed an ethics complaint against Rachael Rollins, the new district attorney for Suffolk…

January 9, 2019

January 8, 2019 Media Roundup: Philly’s Contradictory Commitment to Harm Reduction and Denver’s Possible Psilocybin Decriminalization

Smoking Is at a Record Low in the US, but the Benefits Aren't Shared Equally [LA Times] A new analysis…

January 8, 2019

Geographic Disparities in Harm Reduction Provision May Have Life-or-Death Consequences

Disparities in local availability of harm reduction resources could mean life or death for people who use opioids, suggests Canadian…

January 8, 2019

Roadmap for MAT in Massachusetts Emergency Rooms a Critical Step Forward—And a Reminder of How Far We Have to Go

On January 7, an association of Massachusetts health professionals released a resource to guide hospitals in the state (and elsewhere)…

January 8, 2019

How a Famous IQ Study Revealed a Key Truth About Avoiding Addiction

What makes you live longer? What makes life more satisfying? What enables people to resist addiction? These three questions have…

January 7, 2019

New Study Shows Drug Users’ Positive Responses to Learning They’ve Been Exposed to Fentanyl

The health and social benefits of fentanyl testing were confirmed in a recent study. Most participants, on learning that they had…

January 7, 2019

The Incredible Question New Massachusetts DA Rachael Rollins Will Ask Potential Prosecutors

The newly sworn-in District Attorney of Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Rachael Rollins, continues to live up to her progressive politics—which some…

January 7, 2019