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Hopes of Shutting Rikers Grow Under Mamdani, as Deaths Continue

On March 25, 39-year-old Barry Cozart collapsed at Rikers, New York City’s notorious island jail complex. He’d been held on…

April 15, 2026

Illinois Bill Would Put Long-Acting OUD Meds in Prisons, Sort Of

Illinois lawmakers are considering a proposal to pilot long-acting injectable medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) within the state prison…

April 14, 2026

Sweden Is Now the World’s First “Smoke-Free” Country

Sweden has become the world's first “smoke-free” country, with an astonishingly low daily smoking rate of just 3.7 percent—well below…

April 14, 2026

Federal Bill Would Roll Back Modest Progress on Methadone Access

When it comes to methadone treatment for opioid use disorder, Representative Erin Houchin, a Trump-supporting Republican from Indiana, wants to…

April 13, 2026

HHS Tries Again to Sell Congress on Administration for a Healthy America

In the year since Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced his plan to consolidate…

April 13, 2026

State Bills to Regulate Kratom Advance, Alongside Ones to Ban It

Nine months after Rhode Island passed a law regulating the sale of kratom, the partial opioid agonist that has divided…

April 10, 2026

White House Budget: No Funds for Housing, Some for Reopening Alcatraz

President Donald Trump has released his proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2027, which outlines sweeping cuts to essentially everything that…

April 9, 2026

“Stop With the Excuses”—PA Governor Demands Marijuana Legalization

Pennsylvania’s governor is increasing pressure on lawmakers to send him a bill to legalize marijuana in the state, saying that…

April 8, 2026

CDC and ONDCP Issue Health Alert for Medetomidine, an Unusual Move

On April 6 the White House announced a Health Alert Network (HAN) advisory warning about the effects of medetomidine, an…

April 7, 2026

Could Aversion Therapy for Alcohol Use Disorder Make a Comeback?

Schick Shadel Hospital in Burien, Washington, was the sole remaining facility in the United States to offer aversion therapy for…

April 7, 2026