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Despite FDA Authorization, the Damage of the Juul Frenzy Lingers

Well, well, well. On July 17, after five long years trying to prove what had already been proven—vapes are vastly…

August 4, 2025

Prison Budgets Keep Growing, Yet They Keep Giving Us Used Underwear

As of July the state of Georgia is in Fiscal Year 2026, for which Governor Brian Kemp (R) initially proposed…

August 4, 2025

Divisions Over Mayor’s Shelter Plans in Portland, Oregon

A plan from Mayor Keith Wilson (D) of Portland, Oregon, to build new shelter beds for people experiencing homelessness has…

July 31, 2025

FDA Marks 7-OH, Kratom Compound With Opioid Effect, for CSA Schedule I

The Food and Drug Administration is recommending that 7-hydroxymitragynine, commonly referred to as 7-OH, be federally scheduled under the Controlled…

July 31, 2025

The Flavor of Harm Reduction: Vapes in a Hostile US

Vaping with flavors versus having to vape without them: The difference might sound trivial. But people whose lives have been…

July 31, 2025

SAMHSA’s National Drug Use Survey Continues to Be Weird About Fentanyl

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has released the 2024 edition of the National Survey on Drug…

July 30, 2025

Trump’s “Sick” Executive Order Targets Unhoused People and Harm Reduction

On July 24, President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order that allows—and incentivizes—states and cities to purge encampments of…

July 30, 2025

Legal Battle Emerges as ICE Denies Bail to All Undocumented Immigrants

Immigrant rights activists are fighting back against a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) policy that prevents all undocumented detainees…

July 30, 2025

Judge Rules Safehouse Philly Can Use Religious Rights Defense Against DOJ

A federal appeals court sided with a nonprofit attempting to open an overdose prevention center (OPC) in Philadelphia, reversing a…

July 29, 2025

Drug-User Groups Fight BC Recriminalization in Court

Groups representing people who use drugs had their days in court from July 21-23, seeking to overturn a federal government…

July 29, 2025