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White House Reviews Its Drug Control Strategy, Finds It’s Doing a Good Job

In 2022 the White House Office of National Drug Control Strategy (ONDCP) published its first National Drug Control Strategy, which…

January 2, 2025

Study: Despite Fears, Legal Marijuana Hasn’t Normalized Impaired Driving

Contrary to concerns among some critics that legalizing marijuana would normalize cannabis-impaired driving, a new study found “no support that…

December 24, 2024

DOJ Sues CVS, Alleging “Massive Public Harm” From Opioid Dispensing

The Department of Justice is accusing CVS Pharmacy Inc. of unlawfully filling opioid prescriptions that directly led to overdose deaths,…

December 19, 2024

What I Tell My Kids About My History of Drug Use

The most chaotic period of my life was partly captured on film, for a documentary about heroin addiction. This once…

December 18, 2024

Why I Report on Tobacco Harm Reduction

Tobacco harm reduction, which I’ve been covering as a journalist for a couple of years now, has often felt a…

December 17, 2024

In Prison, a Sex Conviction Is a Target for Assault. Staff Pretends Otherwise.

Coming into the Tennessee men’s prison system nearly 30 years ago, I assumed that my murder conviction would make me…

December 11, 2024

The Great American Cop-Out

Today marks the American Cancer Society’s 48th Great American Smokeout, held annually on the third Thursday of November. Promoted by…

November 21, 2024

How Tablets Changed Georgia Prisons, More Than GDC Intended

In 2015, when I was about three years into a 14-year prison sentence, the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) started…

November 19, 2024

Learning to Live With Suicide in Prison

[This article describes deaths by suicide, including references to the methods of suicide.]              …

November 14, 2024

What Does “Lived Experience” Really Mean?

Policymakers frequently fail to listen to those they serve, making it impossible to understand their needs. “Nothing about us without…

November 12, 2024