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Zohran Mamdani Wins NYC Primary, Campaigning on Affordable Housing

In a stunning upset to the New York City Democratic mayoral primary on June 24, 33-year-old Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani defeated…

June 26, 2025

Oregon Legislature Passes Fentanyl Criminalization Bill

Oregon legislators have passed a bill that adds new mandatory minimum sentences for fentanyl manufacture and delivery, and creates a…

June 25, 2025

Phase 3 Trial of Psilocybin for Depression Reportedly Shows Great Promise

An ongoing advanced clinical trial of psilocybin as a depression treatment reportedly shows great promise. Caution is required when the…

June 25, 2025

Nicotine Consumer Advocates Share Strategies, Support Amid Hostility

Advocates work with the government while activists fight with the government," Maria Papaionnoy-Duic, the founder of Canadian consumer group Rights…

June 25, 2025

Feds Share Prison Contraband Data They May Not Have Thought Through

The United States Sentencing Commission (USSC) has released a report on sentencing for contraband violations in federal prisons between 2019…

June 24, 2025

How Can Drug Decriminalization Be Built to Last?

In public drug policy conversations, decriminalization has too often been framed as a catch-all solution to drug-related issues, from overdose…

June 24, 2025

Montana Governor Vetoes Proposal for Tribes to Enter Cannabis Compacts

A Montana proposal that would have allowed tribal nations to negotiate cannabis regulation individually will not be enacted this session.…

June 24, 2025

Prisons Need Their Own Post Offices, Not That We’ll Ever Get Them

Back before the COVID-19 pandemic when the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) still had corrections officers, the first shift would…

June 23, 2025

Why I Microdose Suboxone, While Continuing to Use Lots of Fentanyl

Buprenorphine, one of the three Food and Drug Administration-approved medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) does not mix well with…

June 18, 2025

WI Advocates Trying to Open State’s First Public Drug-Checking Service

Harm reduction advocates in Madison, Wisconsin, are organizing what could be the state’s first authorized public drug-checking program—but with funding…

June 18, 2025