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EU Moves Toward Banning Algorithmic Policing and Sentencing

In the United States, many top criminal-legal system operatives and thought leaders worship at the shrine of the algorithm. This…

May 17, 2023

Feds License University to Grow Psilocybin Mushrooms for Research

The federal government has finally licensed a university to legally grow psilocybin “magic" mushrooms. It’s the first time in over…

May 16, 2023

Will a Change of Leadership End the CDC’s Vaping Misinformation?

On May 5, Rochelle Walensky, the director of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), announced her…

May 16, 2023

Fired for Cannabis Impairment? What Recourse Do You Have?

As cannabis legalization spreads across the United States, it helps protect people from criminalization, but it doesn’t protect you from…

May 16, 2023

Australia’s New Vape Crackdown Incentivizes Smoking, Critics Say

Australia’s government is intensifying its tight restrictions on nicotine vapes, announcing a ban on the sale of all nonprescription vaping…

May 15, 2023

“In the Dark”—the Wait for Another Unexplained Parole Denial

The Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles consists of five people who report to no one. They have complete…

May 12, 2023

We Must Avoid Corporate Capture of Brazil’s Medical Cannabis Market

Back in March, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva recreated the National Council for Economic and Social Development, an…

May 11, 2023

WA Governor Approves Very Limited Psilocybin Therapy Pilot

Washington State has formally approved a very limited psilocybin therapy program. On May 9, Governor Jay Inslee (D) signed into…

May 11, 2023

Whiteout: A Searing Analysis of Racial Capitalism and Opioids

Does the world really need another book that examines the opioid-involved overdose crisis? There’s no shortage of tomes devoted to…

May 11, 2023

Harm Reduction Overlooks Hep A and B. They Matter Here in Prison.

On May 7, UNAIDS called for prisoner access to harm reduction—medication for opioid use disorder, sterile syringes and condoms—to reduce…

May 10, 2023