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Watch: Adults Love Flavors, Says World-Renowned Vaping Researcher

Watch: Adults Love Flavors, Says World-Renowned Vaping Researcher

Fruit- and other sweet-flavored e-liquids and cartridges are at the heart of a vaping policy schism. Lined up on one…

February 28, 2022
Mexican Harm Reduction Project Monitors Fentanyl in Drug Supplies

Mexican Harm Reduction Project Monitors Fentanyl in Drug Supplies

In the United States, political discourse around Mexico and fentanyl typically scapegoats the country for producing drugs consumed north of…

February 22, 2022
What Are the Prospects for Canada’s Federal Drug Decriminalization Bill?

What Are the Prospects for Canada’s Federal Drug Decriminalization Bill?

Right now, cities and provinces around Canada are pursuing decriminalization in piecemeal fashion. Recently, British Columbia and its largest city…

February 16, 2022
UK Launches Independent Review to Look at Tobacco Health Disparities

UK Launches Independent Review to Look at Tobacco Health Disparities

On February 4, the United Kingdom launched an independent review to study smoking-related health disparities. It’s the government’s latest move…

February 9, 2022
Appeal Dismissal Means New Alberta SCS Barriers Now Take Effect

Appeal Dismissal Means New Alberta SCS Barriers Now Take Effect

Alberta harm reductionists are reeling as their appeal over an injunction against a new provincial supervised consumption sites mandate was…

February 1, 2022
Winnipeg Offers Winter Fire Barrels, Not Homes, to Unhoused People

Winnipeg Offers Winter Fire Barrels, Not Homes, to Unhoused People

The city of Winnipeg, Manitoba is giving free steel fire barrels to unhoused residents living outdoors. Officials say it’s to…

January 25, 2022
Alberta Legal Battle Against New SCS Barriers Is Going to the Wire

Alberta Legal Battle Against New SCS Barriers Is Going to the Wire

Alberta, Canada, remains a battleground for harm reduction rights. This past August, a coalition of local organizations launched a lawsuit…

January 21, 2022
London’s Cannabis Diversion Plan Draws Political Fire

London’s Cannabis Diversion Plan Draws Political Fire

The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is hoping to introduce a scheme that would enable young people to avoid getting…

January 18, 2022
Ten Underlying Reasons Behind Opposition to Vaping

Ten Underlying Reasons Behind Opposition to Vaping

[This article is excerpted from Stop Smoking Start Vaping by Dr. Colin Mendelsohn. Copyright © 2022.]   For decades, tobacco…

January 12, 2022
Ex-WHO Director Slams Its Tobacco Harm Reduction Denial

Ex-WHO Director Slams Its Tobacco Harm Reduction Denial

The World Health Organization’s reputation took another big hit at a conference in London earlier this month that discussed global…

December 20, 2021