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To See the US Prisons Crisis, Look at the Books We’re Trying to Read

The library at South Central Correctional Facility, a Tennessee prison privately operated by CoreCivic, consists of a single wall of…

August 1, 2024

CBG, a Lesser-Known Cannabinoid, Appears to Enhance Memory

A lesser-known cannabinoid known as CBG has surprised scientists after a first-ever human clinical trial found that it appears to improve…

August 1, 2024

SAMHSA’s National Drug Use Survey Still Has a Fentanyl Problem

On July 30, the Substance Use and Mental Health Services Administration released its annual survey on substance use, mental illness,…

July 31, 2024

Vaping Around Kids Is Far Safer for Them Than Smoking

Children absorb far less nicotine from people vaping around them indoors than they do from secondhand smoking, researchers found, suggesting…

July 31, 2024

“Brutalized by Policy”—Advocates Condemn Newsom’s CA Encampments Crackdown

California has begun massive raids against encampments of unhoused people, under a July 25 executive order from Governor Gavin Newsom…

July 31, 2024

Social-Equity Cannabis Licenses Being Exploited by Bigger Businesses

A marijuana campaigner in Missouri is facing scrutiny over his business practices in the new legal market. John Payne, a…

July 30, 2024

Joe Camel Wasn’t Why I Started Smoking. Or Even Smoking Camels.

In the late 1980s, Joe Camel was my guy. My first incentive to smoke Camels was economic. I hadn't preferred…

July 30, 2024

Mental Health Hospitalization in Italy Was an Improvement on the States

In-patient mental health care is regrettably often carceral to some degree. Any system built on forcing care upon a person…

July 30, 2024

“Like Two Cavalries”: After TN Prison Standoff, Fear of What Comes Next

On the evening of July 24, South Central Correctional Facility, a medium-security private prison in Tennessee, gave notice that 128…

July 29, 2024

Could International Human Rights Mechanisms Take Down Vape Bans?

Could international human rights mechanisms be successfully used to contest government-imposed bans and restrictions on nicotine vapes and other safer…

July 29, 2024