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“Let’s Go After This Whole Thing”—DULF Challenges Criminal Charges

Vancouver’s drug-user rights movement is bracing for what could be yet another long legal battle ahead, as the Drug User…

June 20, 2024

Vapes “Designed to Kill,” Claims Org Designed to Protect World Health

“What looks cute, smells good, but is designed to kill?” asked the World Health Organization (WHO) in a June 11…

June 13, 2024

Storm in a Teacup Over Soccer Stars’ Snus Use

“I used to have the odd cigarette on a night out,” wrote Jamie Vardy, the Leicester City striker and 2016…

June 10, 2024

How Will Mexico’s President-Elect Impact the Drug War?

On June 2, Mexico decisively elected Claudia Sheinbaum as its next president. Once she takes office on October 1, she'll…

June 7, 2024

South African Cannabis Legalization Comes as the ANC Loses Majority

On May 28, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa signed into law a bill that legalizes cannabis nationwide, though without regulated…

June 4, 2024

An Urgent Call for Action on World No Tobacco Day 2024

The global combustible tobacco epidemic remains a formidable public health challenge, with devastating disparities in smoking rates across nations. As…

May 30, 2024

The Deep Ties Between the US Drug War and Israeli Forces

Overdose prevention researchers like me are familiar with the harms caused by the expansion of policing and surveillance. A steady…

May 30, 2024

Why We Need World Vape Day More Than Ever

Globally, we are over 120 million strong. We are the people who used to smoke. We discovered that despite what…

May 30, 2024

Japan’s Leading Position in the Tobacco Harm Reduction World

Japan has halved its cigarette sales in a decade, in what tobacco harm reductionists call a "globally unprecedented" shift. What…

May 29, 2024

Sudden UK Election Shelves Contentious Tobacco and Vapes Bill

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Tobacco and Vapes Bill has gone up in smoke after his surprise announcement, on May 22,…

May 23, 2024