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In Win for Overdose Prevention, Rhode Island Approves Harm Reduction Centers
Biden is under pressure to prohibit law enforcement from targeting safe consumption sites that reduce drug overdose.
The War on Drugs Comes to the Doctor’s Office
An undercover drug cop tried to shut down a doctor in Indiana. Soon, two patients were dead.
Rep. Cori Bush Introduces Bill to Decriminalize Possession of All Drugs
The Drug Policy Reform Act offers a path toward ending the hugely unpopular war on drugs.
50 Years Later, a Majority of Americans Want the Drug War to End
The drug war’s contradictions are impossible to ignore. The nation is ready for a nonviolent approach.
Pharma Giant Funds Ads Attacking Drug Bill After Hiking Prices Up to 470 Percent
The dark money-funded ads attack legislation that would lower prescription drug costs.
Pharma-Backed Dark Money Group Attacks House Democrats’ Lower Drug Pricing Plan
The American Action Network is pouring millions into a TV, digital advertising and phone campaign attacking H.R. 3.
Pharma Breaks Lobbying Record Defending High Drug Prices and Vaccine Patents
Democrats are pushing to negotiate lower drug prices through Medicare and expand global COVID vaccine production.
Sanders Op-Ed Pushes Medicare Expansions, Says Big Pharma Is “Ripping Off” Govt.
The senator says allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices with pharmaceutical companies could help pay for expansions.
Prescription Drugs in US Are Quadruple What They Cost Elsewhere, Report Finds
The report bolsters Sen. Bernie Sanders’s push to address inexcusably high prescription drug prices in the U.S.
New Mexico, New York Join 14 Other States to Pass Legal Recreational Marijuana
Advocates cheer the legalization as a crucial step toward achieving racial justice in the states.