Oklahoma Voters Could Legalize Marijuana This Year
In Oklahoma, two competing efforts to legalize cannabis for adult use are expected to ...
New England “Strike Force” to Target Opioid Prescribers for Prosecution
On June 29, a group of agencies announced the “New England Prescription Opioid Strike ...
Inebriate Asylums to Narcotic Farms: Addiction Treatment’s Cruel Roots
Kenneth Anderson founded HAMS (Harm Reduction, Abstinence and Moderation Support) in 2007 as a ...
Dobbs Will Have Dire Consequences for Pregnant People Who Use Drugs
Last month’s Supreme Court decision to strike down Roe v. Wade denied people who ...
FDA Backs Away From Its Own Juul Decision With “Additional Review”
On July 5, just two weeks after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ordered ...
DEA to Hold Rare Public Hearing on Plan to Ban Five Psychedelics
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is taking the rare step of holding a hearing ...
Kansas City Seeks to Resist State-Imposed Police Budget Increase
Missouri Governor Mike Parson (R) signed Senate Bill 678 on June 27 to increase ...
Mexico’s Abortion Collectives Increase Cross-Border Collaborations
When Perla Martínez took misoprostol to terminate her pregnancy in April of 2017, the ...
Vermonters Overwhelmingly Back Drug Decriminalization. Will Lawmakers Listen?
A large majority of people in Vermont—84 percent—support removing criminal penalties for low-level drug ...
A Pandemic of Anxiety in Prison
For several months, the country’s COVID cases have been in a relative downtrend. In ...
