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Stigmatizing Drug Use Is Killing Us, But Why Is It So Hard to Stop?

Despite significant strides in drug policy in recent decades, and changing attitudes about some substances, stigmatization of people who use…

September 8, 2022

San Francisco Decriminalizes Plant-Based Psychedelics

On September 6, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to decriminalize a group of naturally occurring psychedelics, or…

September 8, 2022

New Paper Calls for “Middle-Ground” Approach to Vaping Regulation

Four highly regarded tobacco control scholars are calling for a policy agenda on e-cigarettes that balances curbing youth use with…

September 7, 2022

How 12-Step Programs Became Embedded in US Hospitals

When I first went through treatment for an alcohol problem back in the 1990s, I was shocked to find out…

September 7, 2022

After Veto of CA Overdose Prevention Programs, It’s Down to Us to Resist

On August 22, California Governor Gavin Newsom overruled the will of the legislature and his constituents by vetoing Senate Bill…

September 7, 2022

The Prospects for TNX-1300, a Drug to Reverse Cocaine Overamps

Amid the overdose crisis, the bulk of national attention lies on opioids like fentanyl. This has seen the opioid-overdose reversal…

September 2, 2022

“New Meth” Is Nothing to Fear. It Isn’t New. It’s Just Meth.

If you’ve ever seen someone talk about “new meth” online, they were probably describing how it explained some aspect of…

September 1, 2022

A Bleak Outlook for Massachusetts’ 2022 Prosecutor Elections

The politics of prosecutors in Massachusetts this year is a complicated mess, but one that overall bodes ill for reform…

September 1, 2022

Mass Calls for Harm Reduction on International Overdose Awareness Day

On International Overdose Awareness Day, August 31, more than 50 harm reduction groups in California called on the state government…

August 31, 2022

CA Bills to Protect Workers’ Off-Duty Cannabis Use, Veterinary Prescribing Go to Newsom

California bills to provide broad employment protections for workers who use marijuana off the job and clarify that veterinarians can…

August 31, 2022