Drugs + Money

California to Offer Contingency Management for Stimulant Use on Medicaid

On December 29, 2021, California became the first state to receive federal approval to cover the contingency management approach to drug…

January 13, 2022

An Opioid Vaccine Is Not the Answer

In 1974, scientists at the University of Chicago immunized a rhesus monkey against morphine. After training the monkey to self-administer…

January 10, 2022

Why China Could Revolutionize Global Tobacco Harm Reduction

China has just amended its tobacco monopoly law to include e-cigarettes, as Filter reported. This means that vaping products and…

December 6, 2021

Federal Vape Tax Reappears in “Build Back Better”—New Cigarette Tax Vanishes

Over the past few weeks, vaping activists have finally had some cause to cheer. Youth vaping rates, long used as…

November 4, 2021

New California Vape Taxes Will Put the Squeeze on Synthetic Nicotine

On October 4, Governor Gavin Newsom approved a 12.5 percent excise tax on vaping products in California. The bill, authored…

October 6, 2021

FDA Rejects 4.5 Million PMTA Applications From a Single Vape Company

On August 9, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ordered that 4.5 million vaping products from a single company be…

August 9, 2021

The Rise of Synthetic Nicotine Risks Regulatory “Whack-a-Mole”

When Taylor Cage attends the Tobacco Plus Expo (TPE) in Las Vegas every year, she keeps an eye out for…

August 4, 2021

The US Faces a Naloxone Shortage at the Worst Possible Time

Life expectancy in the United States plunged by a year and a half in 2020, the worst year-on-year change since…

July 29, 2021

The Last Heroin Seller in Maracaibo

I have lived in Maracaibo all my life. For many, the way of life here is one of simply trying…

July 19, 2021

Cannabis Lounges Coming to Nevada—What Does This Mean for Social Equity?

On June 4, Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak (D) signed Assembly Bill 341, a bill allowing for cannabis consumption lounges throughout…

June 14, 2021