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Who hasn’t taken a break from dreadful news cycles to have a good laugh at the screwball crime stories attributed…
On May 7, the city of Denver, Colorado voted on a ballot initiative to decriminalize psilocybin mushrooms. By that evening,…
On May 8, pharmaceutical company Gilead quietly announced that it will relinquish its exclusive patent on Truvada for HIV pre-exposure…
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The Florida legislature passed legislation within the past week, Senate Bill 540 and House Bill 851, to establish a public…
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Prison Policy Initiative (PPI), a nonprofit research organization, poses a simple question for officials pushing for jail expansion that could…
People in Massachusetts who are accused of harmful drug use often face court petitions by family members, law enforcement or…