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As Trump’s Vape Flavors Ban Kicks In, What Does It Mean on the Ground?

It’s 11:59 pm on a Wednesday night in America. Just the wrong time for your watermelon-flavored vape pod to run…

February 6, 2020

Anonymous Tweets Reveal Conservative Prosecutor’s Real Views

Everyone has bad days. But when the good days are bad, you know you’re in trouble. By day, she was…

February 6, 2020

How Technical Violations Are Fueling Incarceration in Vermont

The majority of incarcerated Vermonters are behind state prison bars due to a technical violation of the terms of their…

February 5, 2020

Child Reunification May Soon Be Impossible for Pregnant Drug Users in North Carolina

North Carolina state representatives have approved a bill that would make it easier for courts to keep families permanently separated…

February 5, 2020

Budget Hawks Threaten Hopes for Cannabis Equity in San Diego

In San Diego, the second-largest city in California, marijuana is big business. But only people with the big bucks can…

February 5, 2020

NYC Officials Propose “Universal Affordable Housing”

Imagine a homeless family of three fortunate enough to receive a rental assistance voucher from the city of New York.…

February 5, 2020

Trump’s 2020 Drug Strategy Includes Harm Reduction (Sort of)

President Donald Trump's administration introduced the first national plan on substance use disorder treatment as part of its annual drug…

February 5, 2020

Majority of Surveyed US Voters Support Sex Work Decrim

The sex work decriminalization movement has risen to the status of a mainstream political talking-point—and more than half of voters…

February 3, 2020

Is Delaware the New Center of the OD Crisis?

One of the smallest states in the US is increasingly being hit the hardest by fatal overdoses as the rest…

February 3, 2020

Most Youth Don’t Vape—And Those That Do Vape Infrequently

News media and policy makers have zeroed in on rising teen e-cigarette use, but they have tended to ignore its…

February 3, 2020