The opportunity that tobacco harm reduction haters have been waiting for finally arrived. On September 4, Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D)…
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Listen to me, Tron. I need you to do what the police want you to do. You gotta say what…
Two superluminary rock stars, Elton John and the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir, have in recent weeks presented addiction-recovery paths that…
On June 8, the Atlantic published a misleading story that suggests people who use drugs will seek out the potent opioid fentanyl…
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