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Ugly Disparities Among My Patients Demand Marijuana Racial Justice

As a doctor in a harm reduction clinic, the racist applications of our marijuana laws are regularly apparent to me.…

December 12, 2018

US States Ranked for Total Rates of “Correctional Control”—Taking Into Account Parole and Probation

The United States is the global leader in incarceration, with nearly 2.3 million people locked up. But the true extent of people held…

December 11, 2018

Public Health Experts Call for Retraction of Brookings Institution Opioid “Research Roundup”

[This article was updated December 12 to reflect a response from the author of the paper.]   An article published…

December 11, 2018

Troubling Report Shows Harm Reduction Provision Stalling Around the World

The harm reduction movement has made major gains nationally and around the world. But, according to a new report by…

December 11, 2018

Fears About Kratom Use During Pregnancy Are Overblown

Like people in general, pregnant people use non-prescribed drugs for many reasons. Opioids and stimulants are increasingly popular, as well…

December 11, 2018

Seven Ways (Just for a Start) the War on Drugs Violates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Global leaders celebrate Human Rights Day each December 10—often touting their own violent anti-drug policies as part of their state's…

December 10, 2018

Duterte Announces That His Murderous Drug War “Furthers Human Rights”

In the ultimate ironic observance of the 70th anniversary of the December 10, 1948 signing of the UN Declaration of Human…

December 10, 2018

By Ignoring Vaping, Mental Health Orgs Abandon Vulnerable Smokers

Recently, the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) came out in favor of the use of vaping…

December 10, 2018

Student Occupation Pressures NYU to Divest From Under-Fire Prison Food Supplier Aramark

As a stakeholder in this institution, it is appalling that my tuition dollars contribute to the oppression and degradation of…

December 7, 2018

How Harm Reduction Services Are Keeping Festivalgoers Safer

It’s around 4 am when I eat a brownie containing an unknown amount of THC. I’m at a festival in…

December 7, 2018