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El Paso Resolution Pushes Back Against Trump’s False Border Claims

President Donald Trump rallied his base in the southern border city of El Paso, Texas on February 11, continuing to…

February 12, 2019

The DEA’s Cringeworthy Twitter Hashtags Exemplify Drug War Logic

Surprisingly and unfortunately, prohibition enjoys some trendy branding. Look no further than DARE—the 1980s anti-drug curriculum taught by police in…

February 12, 2019

Trump Should Know How US Drug Policy Drives Migration From Honduras

Flor Del Campo (“Flower of the Field”) is one of the most dangerous areas in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa. Many…

February 12, 2019

Love and Limerence

A low point for me was when I photoshopped a picture of my face over his girlfriend’s in a picture…

February 11, 2019

Sure, Cannabis Is a “Gateway Drug”—Toward Less Use of Other Drugs

As more and more prohibitionist cannabis policies are reversed in North America, a long-peddled, if long-debunked, perception that weed is a "gateway…

February 7, 2019

Feds Take First Formal Swing at Stopping Supervised Consumption Space

The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania launched a preemptive strike February 6 against what the harm…

February 7, 2019

What a Breakthrough E-Cigarette Study Illustrates About Addiction

The first large, systematic study of whether e-cigarettes help people to quit smoking was published January 30 in the New…

February 7, 2019

State of the Union: Trump’s Real “Special Guest” Was Bad Drug Policy

President Donald Trump's special guests to the State of the Union address on February 5 included two people directly impacted…

February 6, 2019

For People Still Impacted by the Crack Era, the First Step Act Isn’t Enough

You could get crack before you got something to eat,” said Uneeda Nichols, 46, looking back on her adolescent years…

February 6, 2019

Brave Russian Harm Reductionists Launch Chemsex Program in Moscow

A new Russian harm reduction program for Muscovites engaging in chemsex is getting started in a country known for skyrocketing…

February 5, 2019