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The WHO’s COP10 Takedown of Tobacco Harm Reduction Takes …

WebS torm clouds continue to gather over the global future of tobacco harm reduction. New harbingers are constantly emerging as the World Health Organization …

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How Key Early Ideas Helped Shape Today’s Harm Reduction …

WebWorking with Timothy Leary, he’d conducted some of the earliest research on LSD, psilocybin mushrooms and spirituality in the early ’60s. Critically, Dass helped …

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Nicotine 101: The Truth About What It Is and What it Does

WebI n July 2017, an announcement by the FDA declared that the agency “places nicotine, and the issue of addiction, at the center of the agency’s tobacco …

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It’s Critically Important to Tell Women the Truth About Nicotine

WebWomen suffer over 200,000 smoking-related deaths each year in the US. Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death and disease among women, costing …

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A Valuable Vaping Guide for Health and Social Service Providers

WebO n November 16, the United Kingdom’s National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training (NCSCT), released: “ Vaping: a guide for health and social care …

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Meth Has Many Medical Benefits. Stigma Holds Them Back.

WebAt high doses, meth gives a rush of euphoria, boosting attention span, zapping fatigue and decreasing appetite. Intense sexual arousal, talkativeness and rapid …

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The Desperate Search for a Health Threat From Nicotine Pouches

WebThe Desperate Search for a Health Threat From Nicotine Pouches. by Martin Cullip August 24, 2021. E arlier this month, the Centers for Disease Control and …

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Why I Have Hope for South Carolina Harm Reduction in 2024

WebI ’ve been practicing harm reduction and advocating for syringe access for people who use drugs in South Carolina since 2017. I’ll look back on 2023 as an …

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New Mexico the Latest State to Advance a Safe Consumption Site …

WebE xactly a week after the Rhode Island Senate passed a bill that would set in motion the state’s establishment of safe consumption spaces, a bipartisan majority of the …

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Advocates Condemn California's New Forced-Treatment Law

WebO n September 14, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment (CARE) Act into law. The …

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World Health Organization Decides Not to Call for Global Kratom …

WebK ratom advocates are cheering a new decision from the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) not to recommend that the plant-derived substance …

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Georgia Privatizes Prison Medical Care—With Contractor's

WebA fter years of attempting to privatize prisoner medical care, the Georgia Department of Corrections has at finally done so—and chosen a contractor with a …

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Study Links Cannabis Use to Decreased Odds of Cognitive Decline

Webby Ben Adlin March 1, 2024. M arijuana use is associated with lower odds of subjective cognitive decline (SCD), according to a new study, with people who consume cannabis …

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How the Young Lords Took Lincoln Hospital, Left a Health

WebWith fellow Young Lords and allies, Melendez had taken part in a seizure of the Nurses’ Residence building at Lincoln Hospital on November 10, 1970. About 30 …

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Atlantic Canada’s New Hospital Services for People Who Use Drugs

WebA release from the PEI government described the department as a “new 8,000 square foot facility [that] offers two distinct services and spaces: a mental health …

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Organ Transplants: Why People Who Use Drugs Rarely Get Them

WebT he perception is widespread: If you have a history of drug use, your chances of a transplant for a failing organ are vanishingly slim. “ It’s always been …

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Re-Entry Isn't the Same as Recovery, No Matter What SAMHSA …

WebA decade ago, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration determined that having two separate definitions of recovery—one for …

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Chelsea Boyd & Carrie Wade, Author at Filter

WebChelsea is a harm reduction research associate at the R Street Institute. She is also a graduate student at the George Washington University Milken Institute School …

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"Now I Get to Have Good Problems"—Parole Preparation Project …

WebThe man on the stage looked out into the audience with an amazed look, as if he couldn’t believe he

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Jeevika Verma, Author at Filter

WebJeevika is a radio producer and poetry editor based in New York City. She recently got her master’s at Columbia Journalism School, where she spent months …

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Legal Battle Resumes Over Bid to Shut Down Santa Cruz Syringe …

WebA court battle is raging to determine the future of a syringe service program in Santa Cruz, California. On one side are local officials, who argue the state approved the …

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How Fear, Misinformation, Stigma Have Devastated US Pain …

WebHow Fear, Misinformation, Stigma Have Devastated US Pain Patients. by Sessi Kuwabara Blanchard April 28, 2021. T amera Lynn Stewart had been taking …

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