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A Doctor’s First Taste of the Methadone Clinic

When I first neared the nondescript two-story building, I wasn’t sure I was in the right place. There was no…

August 26, 2025

“Mother of Methadone”—Trailblazing and Stigma in Addiction Medicine

With Dr. Melody Glenn’s new book—Mother of Methadone: A Doctor’s Quest, A Forgotten History, And A Modern-Day Crisis—Dr. Marie Nyswander…

August 26, 2025

With a Contraband Market in Flux, More Prisoners Turn Toward Gambling

[Read Part 1 of this story here]   In May, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (R) approved a budget increase of…

August 25, 2025

Media, Researchers Fuel More Vape Misperceptions

Media scaremongering about tobacco harm reduction options, often involving credulous amplifications or distortions of studies that are themselves incomplete or…

August 25, 2025

Trump Begins Deploying US Military to Fight the Drug War

On August 19, United States warships set course for Venezuela. They've been deployed there for the specific purpose of targeting…

August 22, 2025

“Don’t Be Smoking Outside”: Federal Agent Warns DC Cannabis Users

President Donald Trump is “tired of” marijuana and alcohol being consumed in public, a federal agent told a group of…

August 21, 2025

EU Plan to Heavily Tax Safer Substitutes for Cigarettes Draws Fire

The European Union is looking to impose heavy and unprecedented bloc-wide taxes on safer nicotine products. Tobacco harm reduction advocates…

August 21, 2025

“Cornhusker Clink”: Nebraska Prisons to Open ICE Detention Center

Nebraska will become the third state to operate a detention center on behalf of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), converting…

August 20, 2025

Mayor Adams Pushes SUD Involuntary Commitment Law for New York State

On August 14, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced the “Compassionate Interventions Act." The proposed legislation, which the Adams…

August 20, 2025

“An Architect of the Crisis”: WV Sues Express Scripts Over Rx Opioids

West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey (R) has filed a lawsuit against Express Scripts as a “bad actor” in the…

August 19, 2025