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Your Methadone History Could Soon Be Shared Without Your Consent

The federal government wants to weaken confidentiality rules for patients with addictions. This means people who have been in any…

July 31, 2019

Exclusion, Censorship, Internment: Brazilian Drug Policy Under Bolsonaro

The situation for harm reductionists here in Brazil continues to deteriorate. A decree signed by President Jair Bolsonaro and published…

July 30, 2019

Why We Need the Dem Debates to Probe Candidates’ US Attorney Picks

Our top federal prosecutors are called United States attorneys. There are only 94 of these presidential appointees, and they are…

July 30, 2019

New York Decriminalizes Cannabis, But Fails to Address Injustice

After stalling cannabis legalization in spring 2019, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a bill that decriminalizes small-quantity…

July 29, 2019

Algorithm Using Racist Drug War Data to Determine Missourians’ Freedom

An algorithm based on data from decades of drug war policing that disproportionately targets Black Missourians will soon, in part,…

July 29, 2019

African Experts Explain Their Challenges in Reducing Tobacco Harms

Major obstacles to tobacco harm reduction exist in high-income, “western” countries from the United States to Australia. Yet it’s vital…

July 29, 2019

Massachusetts Advances Its Unique Cannabis Social Equity Program

On July 17, the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) approved six organizations to provide technical and financial assistance to budding…

July 26, 2019

India Persecutes Leading Legal Advocate for People Who Use Drugs

The Indian High Court would not have become the first in the world to strike down mandatory death penalties for…

July 25, 2019

Nicotine Testing for High Schoolers Is a Drug War-Style Disaster

As the so-called epidemic of teen vaping continues to garner sensational headlines—“Why vaping is so dangerous for teens”; “The scary…

July 25, 2019

Why Those of Us Who Choose Sobriety Should Back Safe Consumption Sites

In many areas of public health and medicine, best practices are routinely adopted without much resistance. Sure, there is always…

July 25, 2019