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Tennessee Harm Reductionist Faces Charges for Drug Checking

A constant threat to harm reductionists is that without clear legal protections, their lifesaving work can be criminalized. The recent…

August 19, 2025

The Mental Health Impact of a Prison’s Short-Lived, Off-Book Yoga Class

Buggs*, about 20 years into a life sentence in Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) custody, has built his self-preservation routine…

August 19, 2025

Baltimore Accepts Offer for Fraction of the Opioid Settlement It Sought

The city of Baltimore has opted to take a court deal that will leave it with just a fraction of…

August 18, 2025

Indian Doctors Join Call to End the Country’s Vape Ban

India’s vape ban has been enforced for six long years, in a country where smoking kills over 1 million people…

August 18, 2025

Nitazenes, the New Synthetic Opioids, Aren’t “More Deadly Than Fentanyl”

"Two Young Men Die From Street Drug That’s 43 Times Stronger Than Fentanyl. It's Taking Hold in the US.” —People…

August 15, 2025

Bill to Reschedule Marijuana Filed in Congress, as Trump Also Considers It

As President Donald Trump considers a proposal to federally reclassify marijuana via an administrative process, a GOP congressman has introduced…

August 14, 2025

Disposable Vapes Still Widely (and Predictably) Sold in Post-Ban UK

Disposable nicotine vapes are still being sold by retailers in the United Kingdom, even though they were recently banned. This…

August 13, 2025

Devastating Threats to Vulnerable People as Trump Sends Troops to DC

Troops appeared on the streets of Washington, DC, on the night of August 12. The previous day, President Donald Trump…

August 13, 2025

The Return of the Prison Poker Game

The tobacco bans that Georgia Department of Corrections implemented in 2010 changed the way things were done here, the way…

August 12, 2025

Federal Judge Rules Psilocybin Church Religious-Rights Case Can Proceed

A federal judge has ruled that a Utah-based faith group that uses psilocybin mushrooms as sacrament can move forward with…

August 12, 2025