Drugs + Money

SAMHSA Eyes Budget Boost—and Cutting “Abuse” From Its Name

President Biden has released his budget request for fiscal year 2024, including funding increases for harm reduction programs. It would…

March 15, 2023

The Tech Companies Policing Methadone Patients for Profit

Apparently, fingernails and hair create “layers of drug history.” At the Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD) conference,…

February 14, 2023

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 adult-use cannabis dispensary licenses the following…

February 9, 2023

The Counterfeit, Fentanyl-Based Pills Sold at Some Mexican Pharmacies

Counterfeit phamaceutical pills containing fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine are being sold out of Mexican pharmacies catering to customers from the…

February 3, 2023

Safer-Nicotine Consumer Groups Have Almost No Funding Worldwide

Consumer organizations advocating for tobacco harm reduction (THR) are often underfunded, led by volunteers, and still successful, according to a…

February 2, 2023

FDA Authorizes More Heated Tobacco Products, Rejects More Vapes

On January 26, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized three heated tobacco products manufactured by Philip Morris International. The…

January 27, 2023

New York Opens First Retail Cannabis Dispensary at 4:20 PM

The first adult-use marijuana sales in New York will take place December 29—at the symbolic time of 4:20 pm, officials…

December 29, 2022

Air Force to Scrap Planes Used to Surveil Drugs at the Border—Over Objections From Police

The United States Air Force is fast-tracking a plan to shutter the small fleet of planes used to surveil drug…

December 28, 2022

The Implications of Police Raids on Shops Selling Psilocybin Mushrooms

An unlicensed psilocybin mushroom shop in Portland, Oregon, was raided by local police on December 8. Operating for just six…

December 15, 2022

Advocates Fear Chilling Effect of Lawsuits on Cannabis Equity Programs

A Los Angeles federal judge has chosen not to allow a lawsuit to stop the city issuing further cannabis equity…

December 12, 2022