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Anti-Nicotine Hiring Policies Exacerbate Inequalities

"It's part of a demonization campaign," Michelle Minton told the audience, "but it's also part of an anti-compassion campaign." Minton,…

July 26, 2024

World Hepatitis Day: How Scotland Worked With People Who Inject Drugs

I’ve experienced a lot of harms related to substance use, but the one that got me into harm reduction was…

July 26, 2024

Too Many Pharmacies Still Failing to Facilitate Harm Reduction

Pharmacies can have an important role in the prevention of overdose and other drug-related harms. Yet they're frequently doing far…

July 25, 2024

Student Group in Renewed Bid to Block DEA Psychedelics Ban

On July 23, Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) representatives filed a prehearing statement to the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Office…

July 25, 2024

“Soups Will Cook There”: How Prisons Became Heat Traps by Design

Before the days of modern air-conditioning, homes and businesses in the Southeastern United States were built with 10- to 14-foot…

July 24, 2024

Family Demands Justice for D’Vontaye Mitchell, Killed in Milwaukee

D’Vontaye Mitchell, a 43-year-old Black man, died after being pinned to the ground by hotel security guards at the Hyatt Regency…

July 24, 2024

I Know ID Verification Is Anti-Trans, But at Least Let Me File My Taxes

In the middle of the 13 years I spent incarcerated, there was a brief period in 2018 that I was…

July 23, 2024

Kamala Harris Would Be First Major Presidential Nominee to Back Marijuana Legalization

Voters this November will likely see the first major party presidential candidate who supports marijuana legalization at the top of…

July 23, 2024

With Psilocybin Microdosing, My PTSD Slowly Slipped Away

Truth is, I don’t much remember having post-traumatic stress disorder. Oh, I remember the story of it. I told it…

July 23, 2024

How Prison Tobacco Bans Created a Drug Market No One Wanted

[Part 1 and Part 2 of this story were published earlier in July.] Back in 2004, right before tobacco was…

July 22, 2024