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Canada Mandates Health Warnings on Every Single Cigarette

Canada will soon be the first country in the world to mandate that a health warning be printed on every…

June 13, 2023

São Paulo Funds “Cocaine Vaccine,” Setting Sights on Human Trials

In early June, São Paulo Mayor Ricardo Nunes signed an agreement with the researchers behind Calixcoca, a "cocaine vaccine" in…

June 12, 2023

Making Phone Calls From Our Prison Costs Us More Than Just the Money

Thirty years ago, Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) prisoners were only allowed one 15-minute phone call per month. You made…

June 12, 2023

Rhode Island Expunges Over 23,000 Cannabis Possession Records

The Rhode Island judiciary system has expunged more than 23,000 marijuana possession records, completing the first phase of cannabis relief…

June 9, 2023

Oklahoma Rolls Out Harm Reduction Vending Machines; More Is Needed

In Oklahoma, state officials are launching a program for residents to get free naloxone and fentanyl test strips from strategically…

June 9, 2023

UK Students’ Harm Reduction Work Deserves to Be Recognized

A May 15 article in the Times, one of the United Kingdom’s biggest newspapers, described harm reduction approaches supported by…

June 9, 2023

Colombia Is Now Very Close to Legalizing Cannabis

Lawmakers in Colombia have advanced a bill that would legalize cannabis for all adults. It has one more hurdle to…

June 8, 2023

Atlanta Approves “Cop City” Funding as Crackdown on Activists Escalates

At a marathon public City Council meeting, Atlanta lawmakers have voted to approve millions in taxpayer funding for "Cop City,"…

June 7, 2023

GA Escalation of Gang Prosecutions Boosts Gang Power in Prisons

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (R) has been bolstering his "tough on crime" agenda by promising that the state will prosecute…

June 7, 2023

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