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State-Level Attacks on Consumers Show Marijuana Won’t Legalize Itself

Seventy percent of Americans, including majorities of Democratic and Republican voters, say that marijuana should be legal for adults. Yet…

March 7, 2025

The World Needs Gender-Specific Tobacco Harm Reduction

Tobacco harm reduction (THR) is a transformative public health opportunity, saving people’s lives by offering safer alternatives to smoking for…

March 7, 2025

“We Haven’t Seen the Worst Yet”—Private Prisons Relish Trump Deportations Plan

Immigration was a dominant theme of President Donald Trump's speech to Congress on March 4, an antagonistic marathon of self-congratulation,…

March 6, 2025

Baltimore’s First Overdose Response Chief Endorses OPC and Safe Supply

With a historic drop in overdose deaths and hundreds of millions of opioid settlement dollars heading to the city’s coffers,…

March 6, 2025

Colorimetric Drug Tests Are Making Mass Incarceration More Miserable

Colorado legislators have proposed a working group to study the use of colorimetric drug tests within the criminal-legal system, and…

March 5, 2025

Inside Rhode Island’s Pioneering Overdose Prevention Center

In January, the United States’ first state-sanctioned overdose prevention center (OPC) began operations in Providence, Rhode Island. Run by harm…

March 4, 2025

After Police Abuse Findings, Trenton Mayor Wants More Police Funding

Trenton, New Jersey, has been violating people’s civil rights, according to a federal investigation into the city’s police department. The…

March 4, 2025

Prison RSAT Has a High Success Rate of Continuing to Exist

In 2020, Bill* was awaiting trial in a northern Georgia county jail when he asked his lawyer about getting into…

March 4, 2025

Community “Bad Batch” Alerts Contrast With Algorithmic OD Prevention

In 2020, Ohio-based nonprofit the SOAR Initiative launched a pioneering “bad batch” alert system. Its platform allows anyone to submit…

March 3, 2025

High-Smoking France Bans Disposable Vapes and Nicotine Pouches

France has banned the sale of disposable vapes, becoming the second country in Europe to do so. The law took…

February 28, 2025