Will Indonesia, a Key Tobacco Control Outlier, Keep Vaping Legal?
2024年11月22日 · I f Indonesia was already frowned upon by the World Health Organization (WHO) and tobacco control groups for its high and rising smoking rate, it sealed that outlier status in 2018. That’s when the country became one of the first in Asia, and in the Global South, to recognize vaping as a legitimate alternative to combustible tobacco.
US Appeals Court Blocks Securus, Pay Tel Bids to Stall Prison Call …
2024年11月21日 · T he landmark Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations poised to bring down costs of phone and video calls for incarcerated people will move forward as planned, despite an onslaught of lawsuits and delay tactics from the corrections industry. The first of the new FCC caps will be enforced January 1, 2025. On November 18, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the "Choice" of Court-Ordered Drug …
2024年12月4日 · R obert F. Kennedy Jr., the famed anti-vaxxer poised to take over the United States Department of Health and Human Services, seems to be convincing the public that coerced treatment for substance use disorder is a helpful thing. Or maybe just confusing them about what exactly it is. In 1983 Kennedy pled guilty to felony drug possession and was sentenced to two years’ probation, as an ...
Over 200,000 Arrests for Marijuana Possession in 2023, Per FBI Data
2024年9月26日 · H undreds of thousands of people are still being arrested for marijuana possession in the United States. New data are a stark reminder of how prohibition—despite the momentum for legalization, and preidential candidates seeming to endorse it—continues to devastate communities.
No Drug Education: The Rise and Fall of DARE - Filter
2024年5月1日 · P raised by politicians, parents and presidents, police officers taught DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) to fifth and sixth-grade students in around 75 percent of United States school districts at the peak of its popularity in the 1980s and ‘90s. Funded by the US government, the program was exported to dozens of other countries, too. . Altogether, DARE reached an estimated 50 million ...
SAMHSA-Backed Toolkit Introduces Harm Reduction to Families, …
2024年10月8日 · T he National Family Support Technical Assistance Center (NFSTAC) has curated a “Family & Caregiver Toolkit,” aimed at those whose children (of any age) are impacted by issues related to mental health and/or substance use. Rolled out October 6, on the whole it does a decent job of explaining harm reduction to what …
With Winter Coming, Cities’ Emergency Shelter Plans Vary Wildly
2024年12月3日 · A s temperatures drop around the country, cities and counties have an even more urgent imperative to shelter thousands of people who otherwise face winter on the streets. Responses from local governments, and from service providers, vary widely. But the idea that even one person could freeze to death for lack of shelter is an indictment of national failure.
Irish Government Uses EU Urgency Procedure to “Ram Through” …
2024年10月22日 · I reland’s government has cynically “rammed through” a move to impose heavy taxes on vape e-liquids without consultation, tobacco harm reduction advocates say. Higher prices for vapes will disincentivize switching from cigarettes. The Irish government notified the European Union of its proposed E-Liquids Product Tax on October 14. Advocates point out that after such notifications of ...
Rescue Breathing, a Crucial Overdose Response, Is Still Underused
2024年9月19日 · I f you pay attention to the news, you’ve likely heard of naloxone, the medication that can reverse an opioid overdose. But naloxone (commonly distributed as Narcan) is not the only tool for overdose response, and harm reductionists are urging the public to be more aware of the vital technique of rescue breathing.. Rescue breathing involves repeatedly breathing into the mouth of someone who ...
Many People Left to Make Their Own Stimulant Pipes and Face
2023年9月27日 · A cross the globe, people who use stimulants have devised creative, sometimes ingenious, smoking tools. Often used to heat up and inhale crack cocaine or methamphetamine, these homemade implements are regularly made of whatever’s available—particularly in jurisdictions where access to new pipes and stems, such as …