Austin’s Decision to Decriminalize Cannabis, Ban “No-Knock” Raids
Voters in Austin, Texas, approved Proposition A on May 7, which decriminalizes cannabis and ...
Colorado Flavored Vape Ban Voted Down in Big Loss for Prohibitionists
On May 10, a Colorado Senate committee voted against a bill that would have ...
Record High Overdose Deaths—Yet Again—in 2021, CDC Reveals
New provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that ...
No, My Prescribed Opioid Use Was Not a “Relapse”
Society tends to view banned drugs and their use in binary terms. People who ...
Marcos Jr.’s Election Gives Little Hope of End to Philippines Drug War
By May 10, the Philippines almost certainly knew who its next president would be: ...
Hope After Safe Consumption Advocates’ “Productive” DOJ Talks
Advocates say that talks with the Justice Department over the establishment of safe consumption ...
By “Pro-Choice,” You Mean for Pregnant Drug Users Too, Right?
A lot of energy is being aimed at the legal arguments put forth in ...
Hawaii Bill to Ban Flavored Vapes Awaits Governor’s Signature
On May 3, the Hawaii House of Representatives passed legislation that would ban the ...
Dire Harm Reduction Funding Gap for Lower-Income Countries Is Growing
Last year, Harm Reduction International (HRI) released a report that found funding for harm ...
DULF Keeps Distributing Checked Drugs as Health Canada Flags Denial
On May 4 in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) distributed ...
