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The Most Common Drug Conviction for ICE Detainees? Rx Drug Possession

Since the very beginning of his path to and through the White House, Donald Trump has slandered undocumented people migrating…

December 2, 2019

How Photography by People Who Inject Drugs Could Advance Research

Amid infectious disease outbreaks among people who inject drugs in the United States in recent years, researchers are looking for…

December 2, 2019

Disease Model Proponents Are the Climate Change Deniers of Our Field

Our cognitive biases, per Nobel-winner Daniel Kahneman and colleague Amos Tversky, cause us to value short-term benefits over staving off…

December 2, 2019

What Do We Know About Ketamine’s Potential to Help Problematic Drinking?

Research published in Nature Communications on November 26 suggests that a single dose of ketamine may help mitigate problematic drinking.…

November 27, 2019

How the British Approach to Vaping Puts the US to Shame

Over the summer, US media reported that two National Health Service hospitals in England were allowing Ecigwizard, a vape retailer,…

November 27, 2019

Inside the Rising Chemsex Response in Europe

Having too many people itching to talk about their activism is a good problem to have. For the organizers of…

November 26, 2019

Incarcerated Women in Thailand Face Issues Seen Worldwide

Natauboo Jama started selling methamphetamine in northern Thailand after her second child was born. Known locally as yaba, it is…

November 26, 2019

Skid Row Project Highlights Toilets as Harm Reduction and a Human Right

In June 2017, Homeless Healthcare Los Angeles (HHCLA), a nonprofit community organization, found that only nine public toilets were available…

November 25, 2019

Heroin Pipes: How the “Hammer” Was Built for Harm Reduction

A common misconception about people who use heroin is that they all want to get as high as possible, that…

November 25, 2019

California Bid to Decriminalize Psilocybin Mushrooms in 2020 Gets a Boost

Decriminalize California is a group operating an effort to decriminalize psilocybin mushrooms throughout the Golden State by putting the question…

November 22, 2019