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WA Prisons Staffing Model Is Harmful. No Other States Use It. Why Keep It?

Around 30 years ago, Washington State Department of Corrections (WDOC) took an unusual approach to the way it allocated staff…

June 6, 2023

Vape Pricing Critical If FDA Limits Nicotine in Cigarettes, Study Finds

Moves by regulators to limit the nicotine content of cigarettes would encourage people to buy full-nicotine cigarettes from illegal sources,…

June 6, 2023

Bereaved Parents Weaponized by DEA to Back More Drug War

There is no grief like that of a parent who has lost a child. The overdose crisis has seen countless…

June 6, 2023

Naltrexone for Alcohol Use Disorder: Weighing Up the Sinclair Method

Naltrexone is an opioid antagonist that’s available most commonly as a 50 mg oral tablet, and also as Vivitrol, a…

June 5, 2023

Mental Health Awareness? Prioritize Safer Alternatives to Smoking

The United States has just observed its annual Mental Health Awareness Month. Another year and another awareness month have gone…

June 5, 2023

Bill to Stop Employers Asking About Past Cannabis Use Passes CA Senate

The California Senate has approved a bill that would prohibit employers from asking job applicants about prior marijuana use. After…

June 2, 2023

São Paulo Begins Ominous Inquiry Into Disproven “Crack Epidemic”

In 2016, the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo held a parliamentary inquiry to investigate what they referred to as a…

June 2, 2023

Fentanyl Patches Are Saving My Life. We Need to Make Them Accessible.

True safe supply means a legal and regulated supply of the same drugs people access through the unregulated market. In Canada,…

June 1, 2023

How Student Activists Sparked North Carolina’s Psychedelics Bill

North Carolina lawmakers are advancing a bill to authorize research into psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. If it’s approved, the state would put…

June 1, 2023

Is There Still Room for Small, Underrepresented Psilocybin Growers?

Ari* tiptoes out of the room and pulls the door closed behind her; the kids are finally asleep. All is…

June 1, 2023