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Homelessness, Vaping and Fentanyl: Three More Examples of Bad Media Coverage of Drugs

Inaccurate and biased media coverage of drugs, drug use, and harm reduction was in full swing over this past weekend.…

October 9, 2018

Sound Familiar? Punjab Leader Campaigns Against “Drug Menace,” Blames Pakistan for Trafficking

On October 6 the chief minister of the northern Indian state of Punjab, Amarinder Singh, accused neighbor Pakistan of strategically trafficking heroin…

October 9, 2018

Deep Systemic Change: My 10 Steps to Transform Addiction Treatment

As panel after summit after commission after white paper is put forward claiming to solve the overdose crisis, you’d think…

October 8, 2018

A Cannabis Law Expert Explains Three Major Hurdles for the Industry

“That can’t be right, marijuana is legal here.” It's a common refrain from would-be cannabis entrepreneurs, initially filled with enthusiasm—only…

October 4, 2018

Faulty Study Questioning Effectiveness of Safer Consumption Spaces Now Retracted—But the Damage Was Done

The International Journal of Drug Policy announced last week that they retracted a recently published meta-analysis on the health impacts…

October 4, 2018

Infographic: The “Iron Law of Prohibition”

On September 24 the Global Commission on Drug Policy—a heavyweight group co-founded by Richard Branson and including former presidents and prime ministers…

October 3, 2018

As the WHO Gathers, Our Global Tobacco Control Framework Needs Radical Overhaul

Twenty-five years ago, when I started working on tobacco control at a government policy level, the politicians used to reject…

October 3, 2018

Existence of Secret Anti-Marijuana Committee Confirmed by ONDCP

On October 1, Buzzfeed News published a leaked letter from Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) acting director James…

October 2, 2018

Why California Has Largely Been Spared Fentanyl Deaths—So Far

America's crisis of drug-overdose deaths has largely spared California. At 11.2 deaths per 100,000 people in 2016, California's rate of…

October 2, 2018

In Defense of Juul, After the Latest Media Hit-Piece

The media frenzy against Juul, the US market leader in vaping products, is on steroids—and this feeds directly into actions…

October 2, 2018