In 2014, California voters passed a ballot initiative that punished most drug possession and shoplifting as misdemeanors rather than felonies.…
On September 19, Senator Robert Casey (D-PA) introduced legislation that would require the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to begin…
A new study found that drug decriminalization in Oregon did not cause an increase in overdose mortality in the state—refuting…
It’s a scorching July day in British Columbia, at Bass Coast festival, and there is no line outside the drug…
On August 26, pharmaceutical manufacturer Indivior announced that it had begun supplying the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)…
In early August, 11 New York State corrections officers (COs) were at the scene of a medical emergency involving someone…
Back when I was at the science desk at Newsweek, they used to bring in young reporters on $38,000 a…
On July 30, the Substance Use and Mental Health Services Administration released its annual survey on substance use, mental illness,…
More than 100 new laws took effect in Georgia on July 1. Though only some sections of punitive cash bail…
As harm reduction efforts around the United States face intense backlash, politicians are doubling down on the notion of law…