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What Options Does the Sex Offender Registry Leave Us, If Not Sex Work?

They say that time is money, but if that’s true then mine doesn’t seem to be worth that much. I…

July 16, 2024

In Sweden, Where Tobacco Deaths Fell Dramatically, Nicotine Isn’t the Enemy

About one in four Swedes use nicotine products, which is comparable to the rest of Europe. But Sweden sees 44…

July 15, 2024

Hemp and Weed Are Often Mixed Up. The Hemp Reference Guide Can Help.

In 2018 when the Agriculture Improvement Act legalized hemp, it set the THC threshold at 0.3 percent. Hemp comes from…

July 12, 2024

How Iron Law of Prohibition Works in Prisons, Where Everything’s Prohibited

[Read Part 1 of this story here] When I got off the chain bus at Washington State Penitentiary (Walla Walla)…

July 11, 2024

Purdue Backs Fraud Claim Against Sacklers, Amid Scramble for Immunity

In bankruptcy court on July 9, OxyContin manufacturer Purdue Pharma secured an injunction to temporarily stave off lawsuits while it…

July 11, 2024

House Appropriations Committee Moves to Block Cannabis Rescheduling

A GOP-led House committee is directing the Biden administration to account for how it arrived at the decision to reschedule…

July 10, 2024

Lawmakers Reintroduce Federal Bill to Expunge Marijuana Misdemeanors

Two years after it failed to advance through Congress, a proposal to allow expungement of federal misdemeanors related to marijuana…

July 9, 2024

My Old Doctor Gave Me Methadone. Being Forced Into a Clinic Ruined It.

I lost my leg in a car accident when I was 15. A little while after, I started having pain…

July 9, 2024

How Prison Smoking Bans Created a Health Crisis

When I first entered Washington State Department of Corrections custody in 1995, the currency was still cigarettes. In any cashless…

July 8, 2024

The Harm Reduction Role of High-Nicotine Vaping

Many people who quit cigarettes say that vaping at higher nicotine levels was key to their ability to make the…

July 8, 2024