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CA Syringe Program Resumes Services After Fight for Reauthorization

A syringe service program (SSP) in Santa Cruz, California, is back on its feet after losing its license amid backlash…

July 7, 2025

New Jersey Opens Cannabis Lounge Applications to All Dispensaries

As of July 2, any cannabis dispensary interested in opening a consumption area can apply for licensing from the New…

July 4, 2025

“Alligator Alcatraz” ICE Detention Opens, Floods, and Begins Filling Beds

On July 1, President Donald Trump visited the Florida immigrant detention compound dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” On July 2, water began…

July 3, 2025

FCC Begins Quietly Backing Off From Phone Call Price Caps in Prisons, Jails

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has temporarily waived the deadline for correctional telecommunications providers to implement the regulations poised to…

July 2, 2025

As DULF Prepares for Trial, Eris Nyx Calls for Direct Action Over “Policy Wish-Testing”

In a packed auditorium at McGill University in Montreal on June 26, Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) cofounder Eris Nyx…

July 1, 2025

Leading US Nicotine-Consumer Voice Falls Silent

Nicotine consumers who have made life-changing switches to safer products, and their organizations, form the heart of the tobacco harm…

July 1, 2025

Mike Tyson to Trump: Reschedule Marijuana, End “Ridiculous Sentences”

Retired boxer Mike Tyson has delivered his message to reschedule, and ultimately legalize, marijuana to President Donald Trump on one…

June 30, 2025

Harm Reduction Vending Machines Work, Says 30 Years of Research

From New York City to rural Oklahoma and across the world, harm reduction vending machines are gaining popularity. They offer…

June 30, 2025

Michigan Bill Would Legalize Psilocybin for People With PTSD

Michigan Democratic lawmakers have introduced legislation that would exempt adults with post-traumatic stress disorder from state laws against the possession,…

June 27, 2025

Garth Mullins of “Crackdown” on Loss, Methadone and Drug-User Organizing

Garth Mullins knows the pain of losing people all too well. In 2019, during my early days of becoming a…

June 26, 2025