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Where Harm Reduction Stands Around the World in 2024

On October 29, Harm Reduction International released its latest biannual report on the status of harm reduction services around the…

October 29, 2024

Photographing the Community on Tennessee’s Death Row

From 2010 to 2015 I was incarcerated in Riverbend Maximum Security Institution, the Tennessee prison that houses death row for…

October 29, 2024

Record High for Banks, Credit Unions Involved in Cannabis Industry

A record number of banks are now reporting that they’re working with state-legal marijuana businesses amid increased pressure on Congress…

October 28, 2024

The UK Will Ban Disposable Vapes From June 2025

Disposable vapes will be banned in the United Kingdom in 2025, in a bid to curb youth vaping and protect…

October 25, 2024

Safer Drug Supply on the Dark Web? It’s Complicated, Researchers Find

Buying drugs on the dark web is often seen as a safer alternative to navigating an unpredictable, adulterated local supply.…

October 25, 2024

San Joaquin County, CA, to Vote on Drug-Testing Public Benefit Recipients

Voters in San Joaquin County, California, are about to decide if people on public benefits should be drug-tested under threat…

October 24, 2024

FDA Reports Largest-Ever Seizure of Unregulated Nicotine Vapes

On October 22, the Food and Drug Administration announced what appears to be the United States government's largest seizure of…

October 24, 2024

Enough With the Sex Offender Registry

Law enforcement has done a good job of portraying recidivism as a kind of unfortunate tendency some people just can't…

October 23, 2024

Puerto Rico Governor’s Drug-Decrim Remarks Prompt Skepticism

Does Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia support decriminalizing drugs? He just gave a lukewarm indication that he could. But…

October 23, 2024

Irish Government Uses EU Urgency Procedure to “Ram Through” Vape Tax

Ireland’s government has cynically "rammed through" a move to impose heavy taxes on vape e-liquids without consultation, tobacco harm reduction…

October 22, 2024