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Filter in 2019: A Dramatic Year in Drug Policy
This year has been a turbulent one in drug policy, harm reduction and human ...
Welcome to Kava Culture: A Spreading Alternative to Reduce Anxiety
Bula!—which means “life” or “to live”—is the traditional exclamation before drinking kava tea in ...
A San Francisco Man Is Currently in Jail for Eating a Cookie in Rehab
San Francisco Superior Court Judge Michael Begert is probably feeling lucky that he is ...
Inside the Controversy Over a Progressive Georgia Mayor’s Court System
Clarkston, Georgia is undeniably a small city, with about 13,000 residents. But it packs ...
Veteran’s Case Shows How Diversion Courts Punish Poverty
Joseph McCabe, a military veteran from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, fell on hard times. In ...
Why Opioid Pharma Hatred Is Overblown and Harmful
Opioid pharma—manufacturers of medications designed to relieve pain—has been under the gun ever since ...
Huge Court Win for Philly Safe Consumption Site—But Fight Isn’t Over
October 2 will live long in US harm reduction history. A federal judge gave ...
Who Still Prosecutes People for Possessing Syringes?
Programs that provide sterile syringes in exchange for used ones for people who use ...
New York’s Substance Use Disorder Information-Sharing Consent Form for Patients
This is the consent form for disclosure of a patient’s methadone and other health ...
Exclusion, Censorship, Internment: Brazilian Drug Policy Under Bolsonaro
The situation for harm reductionists here in Brazil continues to deteriorate. A decree signed ...
