Rescheduling Hearings Begin: Not About If Marijuana "Good or …
Dec 2, 2024 · T he first Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) hearing on the Biden administration’s cannabis rescheduling proposal took place on December 2, with proponents and opponents appearing for a largely procedural meeting to prepare for more substantive hearings in 2025.. The judge overseeing the proceedings made clear that the hearings are not meant to determine “whether marijuana is good or ...
US Appeals Court Blocks Securus, Pay Tel Bids to Stall Prison Call …
Nov 21, 2024 · 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 ...
Difference in Vapers’ Respiratory Symptoms Vs Non-Vapers Is …
Dec 4, 2024 · V aping does not produce clinically important respiratory symptoms, indicates a new international study. Significantly, it’s among the first large-scale studies to look at people who vape but do not have histories of smoking—histories which have led to smoking-related harms being attributed to vaping in past research.. The study, published in …
San Joaquin County, CA, to Vote on Drug-Testing Public Benefit …
Oct 24, 2024 · V oters in San Joaquin County, California, are about to decide if people on public benefits should be drug-tested under threat of losing their benefits. If approved, Measure R on the November ballot would require that anyone who receives cash or rent benefits from the county, and is suspected by officials of using drugs, submit to mandatory drug testing.
Where Harm Reduction Stands Around the World in 2024
O n October 29, Harm Reduction International released its latest biannual report on the status of harm reduction services around the world. The Global State of Harm Reduction 2024 honed in on four themes: hepatitis; Indigenous communities; incarcerated communities; and youth.. The report, last published in 2022, states that 108 countries currently express support for harm reduction practices ...
FCC Denies Securus Exemption From Price Caps on Calls From
O n August 26, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued final rulings on multiple outstanding issues related to its recent order capping costs of communication with people in prisons and jails. Private telecommunications contractor Securus Technologies had filed several petitions, including a request for an exemption so it could offer “alternative rate options.”
“Moral Panic”—Irish Government Plans Sweeping Anti-Vape …
Oct 9, 2024 · I reland’s health minister, Stephen Donnelly, has received cabinet approval to move forward with a bill to radically reduce the availability and variety of nicotine vapes—ignoring the results of a public consultation on the matter.. In a September government press release, Donnelley said the ban on selling “nicotine inhaling products” to under-18s was insufficient to …
With Winter Coming, Cities’ Emergency Shelter Plans Vary Wildly
Dec 3, 2024 · 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.
Multnomah County, Oregon, Begins Its Post-Decrim “Deflection” …
Oct 8, 2024 · O regon recriminalized drug possession on September 1—overturning the voter-approved Measure 110, which decriminalized simple possession of all drugs from early 2021. Counties across the state are responding to this rollback in different ways, but an example of the most common model is in Multnomah County, home to the city of Portland.
Many People Left to Make Their Own Stimulant Pipes and Face
Sep 27, 2023 · 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 …