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A State-by-State Guide to the Cruelty of the Methadone Clinic System

A chart book of blue national maps newly compiled by Pew Charitable Trusts is a powerful visual distillation of information…

September 27, 2022

Vape Taxes a Great Way to Encourage Smoking, Researchers Show

A new paper published in the Journal of Health Economics suggests that burdensome taxes on vaping products lead to an…

September 26, 2022

FDA Exempts Harm Reduction From Biggest Naloxone Access Restrictions

On September 22, the Food and Drug Administration announced that harm reduction naloxone suppliers are exempt from wholesale pharmaceutical distribution…

September 26, 2022

“Rainbow Fentanyl” Is Probably a Good Thing, at This Point

When Toronto’s Moss Park Overdose Prevention Site opened as an unsanctioned service in August 2017, drug-checking data contributed by staff…

September 23, 2022

New Jersey Harm Reduction Set to Grow After Atlantic City Legal Battle

A lawsuit between Atlantic City and a local syringe service program (SSP) may be nearing its end. The city has…

September 22, 2022

Juul Lawsuit Accuses FDA of Hiding Documents Key to Denial Decision

On September 20, Juul Labs filed a federal lawsuit in the US District Court of the District of Columbia, stating…

September 21, 2022

Will Tennessee’s Initiative to Formally Outlaw Slavery Help Prisoners?

A ballot initiative in Tennessee would formally outlaw slavery in the state constitution. It would nullify an exception currently in…

September 21, 2022

“Democracy Will Die” If We Don’t End Drug War, Colombian Pres. Tells UN

Colombia’s recently inaugurated president told members of the United Nations on September 20 that “democracy will die” if global powers…

September 21, 2022

National Indigenous Church Urges Congress to Protect Peyote Habitat

A national Indigenous church is lobbying Congress and the federal government to put money behind protecting habitats for the peyote…

September 20, 2022

Restoring Pell Grants to Prisoners Boosts Our Education—in Theory

In 2023, the Education Department will restore Pell Grant eligibility to incarcerated students and allow any nonprofit higher education facility…

September 20, 2022