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A White House Invite for OD Prevention… Then They Shut Me Out

I have been homeless. I have been addicted to heroin. I have spent a great deal of my life as…

October 22, 2024

Arkansas Supreme Court: Medical Marijuana Votes Will Not Be Counted

Arkansas voters will get to decide on a medical marijuana expansion initiative at the ballot in November—but those votes will…

October 22, 2024

Laypeople Administering Naloxone More Often, Per 911-Call Data

In cases where 911 is called, more bystanders than previously have been using naloxone when they believe someone is experiencing…

October 21, 2024

A Death Row Pastor’s View of Executions

From 2010 to 2015 I was incarcerated at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, Tennessee, the site of death row…

October 21, 2024

GA Parole-Eligible Lifers Are Headed to the Private Prison Aftercare Industry

Of the 51,284 people currently incarcerated in Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) prisons, 7,937 people are serving life with parole.…

October 18, 2024

Canadian Advocates Clash Over Calls for Vape Flavor Ban

Tobacco harm reduction advocates in Canada have fired back, after tobacco control groups urged the government to ban vape flavors…

October 17, 2024

DULF Unveils Defense Strategy for Compassion-Club Criminal Charges

The Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) in Vancouver has outlined its intended defense to criminal charges against two of its…

October 17, 2024

Feds Say Vapes, and Not Abstinence, Research Priority for Smoking Harms

In a call for innovation to reduce the public health harms of smoking, the National Institutes of Health and the…

October 16, 2024

Kamala Harris Blames the DEA for Marijuana Rescheduling Delay

Vice President Kamala Harris says part of the reason for the delay in the administration’s marijuana rescheduling effort is federal…

October 16, 2024

Tapering Off Methadone Without a Clinic, in Just Two Years and 13 Rehabs

Since early 2023, I’ve been surfing my way across what feels like every New Jersey substance use disorder treatment facility…

October 15, 2024