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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

SAMHSA, the DEA Could Have Freed Methadone Any Time Since the 1970s

Can you imagine that since the 1970s, the two federal agencies that control the methadone clinic system—the Drug Enforcement Administration…

August 30, 2022

Seroquel Gave Me a Reminder That All Drugs Are Merely Tools

Drugs are not good or bad. They are simply morally neutral tools which can help or hurt, depending on context.…

August 30, 2022

UK Program Will Pay People to Quit Smoking During Pregnancy

Pregnant people will be offered vouchers worth up to £400 (almost $500) to quit smoking in a pilot scheme in…

August 29, 2022

Are Fentanyl Test Strips Helpful for Counterfeit Pharmaceutical Pills?

The chocolate chip cookie theory of fentanyl distribution in counterfeit "pharmaceutical" pills holds that when the pills are pressed, the…

August 25, 2022

Diverse Coalition Unites Against Atlanta’s Plan to Build “Cop City”

A diverse coalition of defund-the-police, environmental and Indigenous activists has mobilized in Georgia to fight the construction of a $90…

August 25, 2022

Record Binge Drinking, Cannabis and Psychedelics Use Among Young Adults

Cannabis and hallucinogen use among young adults in the United States—people 19 to 30 years old—climbed to record highs in…

August 24, 2022

California Bill Would Protect Workers’ Off-Duty Cannabis Use

Although California has fully legalized cannabis, workers can still be tested for THC while employed or applying for a job,…

August 24, 2022

“Liberty Is Not What I Have”: Ashley Diamond Speaks to the Trans Women Still in Prison

In 2016, Ashley Diamond won a historic lawsuit against the Georgia Department of Corrections over its anti-trans policies. During her…

August 24, 2022

Newsom Vetoes Safe Consumption Sites in California

On August 22, just hours before a deadline, Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have legalized safe consumption sites…

August 23, 2022