“Merci la Vape”—French Advocates Counter Relentless Anti-Vape …
WEB16 hours ago · by Kiran Sidhu October 1, 2024. T obacco harm reduction has been under attack in France, despite the country’s high rates of smoking and smoking-related deaths. Embattled French activists have united to fight back. Their latest effort is a first-of-its kind white paper, intended to inform decision-makers, titled Merci la vape.
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WEB5 days ago · Filter speaks with harm reduction activists in the Philippines, who work in the face of President Duterte’s murderous drug war. Participants in a vaping group at Saint Ann’s Corner of Harm Reduction, a pioneering syringe services provider in New York, describe their experiences of switching from cigarettes.
Harris Visits Border, Confirms Plan to Arrest Our Way Out of …
WEB1 day ago · Harris Visits Border, Confirms Plan to Arrest Our Way Out of Overdose Crisis. by Kastalia Medrano September 30, 2024. I n her first visit to the United States-Mexico border since 2021, Vice President Kamala Harris met with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and vowed that as president she’d ramp up prosecution for fentanyl trafficking.
Prisoners Need Civilian Review Boards, Too
WEB16 hours ago · Prisoners Need Civilian Review Boards, Too. T oward the end of my sentence in Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) custody I was a clerk in the Central State Prison law library. As part of my duties, every Tuesday I’d go over to the lockdown unit to pass out whatever case law or other legal …
Over 200,000 Arrests for Marijuana Possession in 2023, Per FBI Data
WEB5 days ago · It shows that in 2023, police made over 200,300 arrests for marijuana possession. Arrests for marijuana sales and manufacturing totaled over 16,800. The possession total is a moderate decrease from 216,000 the year prior. Some demographic breakdowns are given. Black people, around 14 percent of the US population, continue to be targeted at ...
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WEBFilterMag; Use + Harm Reduction; Pueblo Judge Blocks Syringe Program Ban, and Services Resume for Now. The City of Pueblo, Colorado, has been forced to suspend an ordinance criminalizing syringe ...
When People Ask Harm Reductionists, “What About Treatment?”
WEBJan 8, 2024 · Top photograph via Pxhere/Public Domain. This article is excerpted, with permission, from The Harm Reduction Gap: Helping Individuals Left Behind by Conventional Drug Prevention and Abstinence-Only Addiction Treatment, authored by Sheila P. Vakharia and published by Routledge in 2024.. The Harm Reduction Gap is now available to order from Routledge, among other outlets.
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WEBJul 14, 2022 · A mid a century-long drug war in the United States, things are getting worse.. Currently, over 100,000 annual deaths are attributed to “overdose,” most involving more than one drug. That’s a 16-fold increase since I was born, in 1980, and the highest number in US history.Yet the people with the loudest voices promote the same ineffective responses: Lock sellers up and hire more police ...
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WEBFilterMag; Intersections + Injustice; For Black and Brown Communities, the Overdose Crisis Is Still Escalating. This International Overdose Awareness Day, VOCAL-US state chapters—VOCAL-NY, VOCAL-TX and VOCAL-KY—are taking direct action ...