Alcohol and Dementia: Why the Evidence Has Been Suppressed
A familiar substance has repeatedly been associated with protection against dementia. But we’re not ...
Oregon County Debates Temporary Sites for Unhoused People as Winter Sets In
Elected officials in largely rural Deschutes County, Oregon, and its largest city of Bend, ...
Canada Allows Three Mental Health Patients to Access Psilocybin Therapy
Canada’s top health agency has agreed to allow an additional three people to use ...
Learning the Blues: West Coast Grapples With Shifting Drug Supply
“Forever, the prevalence of what kinds of drugs people did was completely boring,” Alex ...
Federal Data Show Sharp Decrease in Teen Drug Use in 2021
On December 15, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)—a federal research agency in ...
Global COVID Vaccination Rates for People in Prison Remain Far Too Low
On December 14, Harm Reduction International (HRI) and Penal Reform International (PRI)—two non-governmental organizations ...
New Orleans Result Could Increase Reformers’ Focus on Sheriff Elections
Since 2015, both Big Philanthropy funders and progressive grassroots activists have targeted local district ...
SAMHSA Weighs Permanent Methadone Take-Homes, Decades Too Late
In March 2020, to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infections among patients and staff, ...
The NYPD Operates With Near-Impunity, Finds NYCLU Report
The New York City Police Department ignored the disciplinary recommendations of its oversight board ...
Which Towns and Cities in New York Will Ban Cannabis Sales?
Local governments in New York State are debating whether or not to ban recreational ...
