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This Black History Month (and All Year Long), Stop Ignoring Black Drug Policy Reformers

Last year, the New York Times published a piece asking "30 experts to think big, but realistically, about solutions [...]…

February 21, 2019

NYC Poised for Key Decision on Banning Sales of Flavored Vapes

  New York City is about to make a decision that will resonate far beyond the five boroughs. In January,…

February 21, 2019

Why Has Amazon Limited Sales of Drug Checking Kits?

Some harm reduction interventions, like safer consumption spaces, are criminalized. Others, like syringe exchanges, may precariously hold onto legal status.…

February 21, 2019

Heroin Buyers Clubs Proposed by Researchers to Reduce Overdose

The crisis of opioid-related deaths extends throughout North America. Similar to cities across the United States, Vancouver, Canada, is flooded…

February 21, 2019

Honolulu’s Draconian Head Prosecutor Facing Federal Corruption Probe

Not everything in Honolulu is sunshine. A massive percentage of the city’s population lives without a home, and its cops…

February 20, 2019

How I Started South Carolina’s Only Formal Syringe Exchange

When I was 19, living in New Jersey and injecting drugs, I found out that I had hepatitis C. All…

February 19, 2019

New Evidence Backs Calls to End Cash Bail

In February 2018, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner announced that his office would stop seeking monetary bail for defendants accused…

February 19, 2019

How My First LSD Trip Led Me to Accept My Sexuality

Someone had to tell me what to do with it: under your tongue, leave it there for a while, don’t…

February 19, 2019

Smoking: Just to Get By

Smoking is a stress relief," says one of the interview subjects of this Filter film about the reasons people smoke cigarettes,…

February 14, 2019

“Never Enough:” Author of New Addiction Book Risks Promoting Stigma Against MAT

On February 12, Terry Gross interviewed neuroscientist Judith Grisel for NPR about her forthcoming book, Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience…

February 13, 2019