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New North Carolina Drug-Induced Homicide Law Ramps Up Punishments

On July 8, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper signed into law a bill creating a new criminal offense category that…

July 9, 2019

High-Stakes Race to Be Pittsburgh’s Top Prosecutor Refuses to Die

The 2019 competition for who gets to be Allegheny County, Pennsylvania’s elected District Attorney for the next four years is…

July 9, 2019

Almost 80 Percent of Heroin Users in Boston, Baltimore Would Visit Safe Consumption Sites

A large majority of people who use opioids in three coastal cities would utilize safe consumption spaces if they were…

July 8, 2019

Overdoses Are Deadliest Within First Few Months Out of Delaware Prisons

In 2018, Delaware had the sixth highest number of overdose deaths in the country, yet the state still has major…

July 8, 2019

Social Factors Are an Essential—And Changeable—Element of Addiction

Resisting efforts to exaggerate the dangers of drugs does not mean we should ignore them. People suffer, and sometimes lose…

July 8, 2019

Nurse Who Gave Her Meds to MAT-Deprived Patients Convicted

On November 18, 2018 at Massachusetts Alcohol and Substance Abuse Center (MASAC) at Plymouth, an incarcerated person who had been…

July 3, 2019

Prohibition and Misinformation: Australia’s Tobacco Harm Reduction Fail

American vapers facing increasing restrictions, government misinformation and regulatory uncertainties are naturally concerned for the future of vaping. However, here…

July 3, 2019

Presidential Candidate Kirsten Gillibrand Praised Anti-Drug Scientology Group

Four years before her bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand from New York state praised the…

July 2, 2019

Vermont Implements the Second Highest Vape Tax in the US⁠—Level With Cigarettes

On July 1, the cost of electronic cigarettes and associated liquids skyrockets in Vermont as legislation passed earlier this year…

June 30, 2019

Inspired by the Queens DA Battle? Here Are Four More Key Races in 2019

Tiffany Cabán, a highly progressive, 31-year-old queer Latina public defender, stunned the world last week when she edged out a…

June 28, 2019