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San Francisco Cannabis Shops Can Stay Open Amid COVID-19 Lockdown

As people across the US see their lives disrupted by the pandemic, many can at least still get their medical…

March 19, 2020

In the UK, Are We Rationing Who We Care About Amid COVID-19?

Viruses are great levelers. So it is with COVID-19, which has no regard for social status or affluence. We are…

March 18, 2020

So Alcoholics Anonymous Is “Proven” to Work After All? Not So Fast

Alcoholics Anonymous and its 12 Steps, with their prescription of abstinence, have dominated America’s response to addiction for a half-century…

March 18, 2020

A Scientist Persuaded Italy to Exempt Vape Shops From COVID-19 Lockdown

  Italy has seen the worst outbreak of COVID-19 outside of China, after cases first appeared in the Lombardy region…

March 17, 2020

Why Midwestern Farmers Are Facing a Suicide Crisis

Farm workers are increasingly dying of suicide, according to new research. Farmers are suffering the combined burdens of falling commodity…

March 17, 2020

Court Hits Back Against Politically Motivated Firings of Public Defenders

There has been a spate, in recent years, of public defenders speaking out against injustice, then getting in trouble for…

March 16, 2020

The Incarcerated Population Is Especially Vulnerable to Coronavirus

People held in jails and prisons throughout the US are at heightened risk of contracting COVID-19, thanks to crowded conditions,…

March 12, 2020

The Lessons of Chicago’s Disastrous “Crime Prediction” Experiment

In 2012, the Chicago Police Department (CPD) collected data on everyone arrested in the last four years, and used it…

March 12, 2020

Santa Fe’s Historic Drug Policy Overhaul Centers Alcohol Harm Reduction

Santa Fe, New Mexico is emphasizing alcohol harm reduction in its plan to radically restructure the Southwestern municipality's drug policy…

March 12, 2020

San Diego County Lawmaker Pushes to End Syringe Exchange Ban

A lawmaker in San Diego County, California is urging his colleagues to rethink a 20-year-old ban on syringe exchanges. By…

March 11, 2020