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What Politicians Daring Each Other to Be Drug Tested Reveals

Politicians are usually fond of pushing drug testing on their constituents—not each other. But from Bridgeport, Connecticut to Kiev, Ukraine,…

April 24, 2019

New “Generic” Naloxone: Expect More Big-Pharma Sleight of Hand

It's been less than two weeks since the US Department of Justice joined a string of lawsuits against Indivior—the maker…

April 24, 2019

British Police Are Raising Their Voices Against the Drug War

Police are very, very good at catching drug dealers, but that’s part of the problem,” says Neil Woods, a former…

April 24, 2019

New Evidence of Smoking Disparities Underlines That Tobacco Harm Reduction Is Social Justice

Americans experiencing compounded social marginalization are at greater risk of initiating use of—and not cutting use of—tobacco products, according to…

April 23, 2019

“Crackhead” Is an Anti-Black Pejorative, Period

What’s up with this wave of crackhead jokes?" a Reddit user asked in a February 2019 post. In response, one…

April 23, 2019

Cops Morphing Into Social Workers Is Not a Solution

All across the US, law enforcement asserts its power through its sheer visibility in a vast array of public spaces.…

April 23, 2019

“Hotbed of Corruption”—NY Lawmakers Condemn Sex-Work Policing Amid Calls to Defund Vice Squad

New York state assembly members and senators, as well as a NYC councilmember, are calling on the  NYPD's inspector general…

April 22, 2019

Shades of Sobriety: Life Shows That Recovery Needn’t Mean Abstinence

If your goal is sobriety defined as abstaining from everything psychoactive, good luck! Virtually everyone, like it or not, undergoes…

April 22, 2019

Rite Aid Is Wrong to Stop Selling Vapes (They’ll Still Sell Cigarettes)

In a huge blow to smokers who are trying to switch to safer nicotine products, Rite Aid, one of the…

April 18, 2019

Cannabis Consumers Have Power: Meet Some Pioneers of Industry Inclusivity

In the hyper-commodifying cannabis industry, Mary Pryor of New York City is raising her voice for people of color to…

April 18, 2019