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Substance Abuse Is a Public Health Issue – Not a Crime
The “war on drugs” has caused more problems than it has solved since 1971.
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A New Way Insurers Are Shifting Costs to the Sick
By charging higher prices for generic drugs that treat certain illness, health insurers may be violating the spirit of the Affordable Care Act, which bans discrimination against those with …
Federal Legislation Would Support Expansion of Overdose Prevention Services and Fund Naloxone Access
The Overdose Prevention Act supports the expansion of community-based overdose prevention programs.
Former Gang Members Build Peaceful Communities in “License to Operate“
In impoverished Los Angeles neighborhoods with high levels of violence, former gang members work to build community. A new film zeroes in on the group's daily triumphs and struggles.
New Mexico Medical Cannabis Program’s Medical Advisory Board Recommends Adding Alzheimer’s Disease to the List of Eligible Conditions
The New Mexico Medical Cannabis Program's Medical Advisory Board voted unanimously to add neurodegenerative dementia including Alzheimer's disease to the list of medical conditions eligible for the Medical Cannabis …
Pro-Life and Social Death: A Portrait of Tennessee
One Tennessee new law proposes to bring back the electric chair should lethal injection drugs prove unavailable. The other would allow for criminal assault charges to be brought against …
Obama Plans Clemency for “Hundreds, Perhaps Thousands” of People Sentenced for Drug Law Violations
Obama is prepared to use his pardon power to grant clemency to “hundreds, perhaps thousands” of people who have been jailed for nonviolent drug crimes.
Judge Throws Out Murder Charge in Mississippi Fetal Harm Case
The ruling means that the woman whose drug use had her facing a possible life term can at most be charged with manslaughter in the death of her stillborn …
Medical Marijuana Dropped from State Budget, Leaving Patients to Suffer
On Saturday, Governor Cuomo, Speaker Sheldon Silver, and Senate Co-Presidents Dean Skelos and Jeffrey Klein announced that they had reach a budget agreement, but the deal excluded the Compassionate …
Stuck in the Bluff: The Controversy of Needle Exchange Programs
With hundreds of programs across the US and throughout the world, some states still view distributing needles as illegal.