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Psychedelic Advocates Air FDA Frustrations at Reagan-Udall Meeting

On September 6, the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the Food and Drug Administration, an independent nonprofit created by Congress in 2007…

September 9, 2024

Everyone in Prison Needs a Hustle. For a Small Fee, I’ll Help You Find Yours.

When you enter the men's prison system in Tennessee, you receive two blue, smock-like shirts and two matching pairs of…

September 9, 2024

“The Forgotten Substance”—Harm Reduction Vaping Groups in Portugal

When more people in harm reduction are considering how to integrate tobacco harm reduction into their work with people who…

September 6, 2024

GDC Senate Study Committee: What If Prisoners Were Allowed Cigarettes?

In February, Georgia lawmakers created a study committee to think about whether people in the state's prison system, at least…

September 5, 2024

Festival Drug Checking Services Still Too Often Sidelined

It’s a scorching July day in British Columbia, at Bass Coast festival, and there is no line outside the drug…

September 5, 2024

Basement “Psychedelic Church” Springs Up After Colorado Reform

“I found my peace through mushrooms about two and a half years ago,” Dez told Filter, after “I woke up…

September 5, 2024

Triton Case: Briefs on “Poisonous” Vape Flavors Flood Supreme Court

On September 3, attorneys general representing 19 states and the District of Columbia filed an amicus brief with the Supreme…

September 4, 2024

BC Government Keeps On Caving to Anti-Harm Reduction Pressure

British Columbia’s government continues to cede ground on harm reduction, as an emboldened opposition, chasing victory in the province’s October…

September 4, 2024

In Defense of Contraband Cell Phones

As a transgender woman incarcerated in a men’s prison system, each day was a fight to maintain my sense of…

September 3, 2024

Cannabis Legalization a Potential Vote-Winner in Key Swing States: Poll

A new public opinion survey in the key presidential election swing states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin shows that voters…

September 3, 2024