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She had COPD, had lost a lung and hadn't been able to quit smoking. Yet a respiratory specialist told her “under no circ...
11/07/2025

She had COPD, had lost a lung and hadn't been able to quit smoking. Yet a respiratory specialist told her “under no circumstance” to try vapes.

It's the kind of thing that happens when vital voices are excluded:

When it comes to to***co harm reduction, whose opinions and voices should be heard? The question was put to a ...

The ACLU of Texas called SB4 “one of the most extreme pieces of anti-immigrant legislation any state legislature has eve...
10/07/2025

The ACLU of Texas called SB4 “one of the most extreme pieces of anti-immigrant legislation any state legislature has ever enacted.”

On July 3, the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a decision that Texas’ notorious Senate Bill 4 ...

“To be locked back up, after being innocent in prison, was the most gut-wrenching experience I ever had,” Adam Braseel t...
09/07/2025

“To be locked back up, after being innocent in prison, was the most gut-wrenching experience I ever had,” Adam Braseel told Filter.

“It’s the stuff nightmares are made of. I had fought so hard for so many years … I didn’t know if I would ever come home again.” Braseel spent 12 years in prison before eventually becoming the first person exonerated of a murder conviction in Tennessee.

In November 2007, 24-year-old Adam Braseel was convicted of multiple charges including first-degree murder, and sentenced to life with the ...

“I had more success in the mitigation of my PTSD symptoms with microdosing psilocybin than all the talk therapy offered ...
27/06/2025

“I had more success in the mitigation of my PTSD symptoms with microdosing psilocybin than all the talk therapy offered by the VA."

Michigan Democratic lawmakers have introduced legislation that would exempt adults with post-traumatic stress disorder from state laws against the possession, ...

Mamdani's platform is focused on economic justice, as well as community violence prevention that doesn't rely on police:
26/06/2025

Mamdani's platform is focused on economic justice, as well as community violence prevention that doesn't rely on police:

In a stunning upset to the New York City Democratic mayoral primary on June 24, 33-year-old Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani defeated ...

SB 236, which creates a new statute for all fentanyl penalties including possession, was approved on June 24.
25/06/2025

SB 236, which creates a new statute for all fentanyl penalties including possession, was approved on June 24.

Oregon legislators have passed a bill that adds new mandatory minimum sentences for fentanyl manufacture and delivery, and creates a ...

Global hostility reflects "fear, ignorance or vested interests,” said Chilean advocate Ignacio Leiva. “Stay informed and...
25/06/2025

Global hostility reflects "fear, ignorance or vested interests,” said Chilean advocate Ignacio Leiva. “Stay informed and always respond with truth, dignity and real people’s stories—that’s how we shift the narrative.”

Advocates work with the government while activists fight with the government,” Maria Papaionnoy-Duic, the founder of Canadian consumer group Rights ...

"False positives for synthetic cannabinoids can be used to sanction prisoners and to fuel clicky headlines; accuracy doe...
24/06/2025

"False positives for synthetic cannabinoids can be used to sanction prisoners and to fuel clicky headlines; accuracy doesn't matter unless the results would need to hold up in court. Which may explain why synthetic cannabinoids have awkwardly disappeared from federal sentencing data."

The United States Sentencing Commission (USSC) has released a report on sentencing for contraband violations in federal prisons between 2019 ...

“We now have [decrim] in 59 jurisdictions in 39 countries and momentum ... is growing. But the policies vary a lot, wit...
24/06/2025

“We now have [decrim] in 59 jurisdictions in 39 countries and momentum ... is growing. But the policies vary a lot, with some much less effective and fair than others.”

In public drug policy conversations, decriminalization has too often been framed as a catch-all solution to drug-related issues, from overdose ...

"Politicians love to declare their unyielding hatred for Big To***co," while "systematically eliminating meaningful comp...
16/06/2025

"Politicians love to declare their unyielding hatred for Big To***co," while "systematically eliminating meaningful competition to the traditional cigarette."

Around the world, politicians love to stand behind a podium, look solemnly into a camera and declare their unyielding hatred ...

"More than pretty much any other setting, prisons are already set up with the physical infrastructure required to dispen...
16/06/2025

"More than pretty much any other setting, prisons are already set up with the physical infrastructure required to dispense methadone."

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has released new guidance for making medications for opioid use disorder ...

Today's long-awaited ruling is "a major blow to Baltimore's ambitious plan to address the overdose crisis":
12/06/2025

Today's long-awaited ruling is "a major blow to Baltimore's ambitious plan to address the overdose crisis":

A judge has rejected Baltimore’s request for $5.2 billion in abatement money in a long-running opioid lawsuit—dealing a major blow ...

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