Drugs + Money
CA Uses Cannabis Tax Revenues for Community Reinvestment. And Cops.
California is awarding over $50 million to support and invest in communities that suffered ...
We Must Avoid Corporate Capture of Brazil’s Medical Cannabis Market
Back in March, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva recreated the National Council ...
Nation’s First Psilocybin Center to Open by June, But Prices Are High
The state of Oregon has finally given permission for the nation’s first legal psilocybin ...
Oregon Licenses First Psilocybin Lab, But Treatment Access Remains Stalled
On April 21, Portland-based Rose City Laboratories, LLC (RCL) announced that it had been ...
Methadone Clinics Angry at Bad PR, But Not Afraid of SAMHSA
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) wants to revise outdated guidelines ...
SAMHSA Eyes Budget Boost—and Cutting “Abuse” From Its Name
President Biden has released his budget request for fiscal year 2024, including funding increases ...
The Tech Companies Policing Methadone Patients for Profit
Apparently, fingernails and hair create “layers of drug history.” At the Association for the ...
Are There Costs to Missouri’s Rush to Begin Adult-Use Cannabis Sales?
On February 2, Missouri state regulators announced a surprise decision to issue their first ...
The Counterfeit, Fentanyl-Based Pills Sold at Some Mexican Pharmacies
Counterfeit phamaceutical pills containing fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine are being sold out of Mexican ...
Safer-Nicotine Consumer Groups Have Almost No Funding Worldwide
Consumer organizations advocating for tobacco harm reduction (THR) are often underfunded, led by volunteers, ...
