2024年12月27日 · T he year 2024 saw a hodgepodge of federal and congressional marijuana policy developments—with major news related to the Biden administration’s rescheduling push, modest reform proposals advancing on Capitol Hill and various actions from federal agencies. Ultimately, things didn’t pan out the way advocates and industry stakeholders had hoped. Bipartisan cannabis banking legislation ...

2024年12月31日 · A new database tracking how jurisdictions across the country are allocating opioid settlement funds shows that while treatment and prevention were heavily prioritized, most states gave no funding whatsoever to syringe service programs (SSP). Meanwhile, scores of payments went toward “purposes that do not qualify as Opioid Remediation.” The database, unveiled earlier in December, was born ...

2024年11月21日 · A flood of litigation fighting impending FCC regulations has been filed by multiple private contractors and more than a dozen states.

2024年12月5日 · U nited States taxpayers continue to fund a destructive and deadly drug war in low- and middle-income countries across the world, with almost $13 billion allocated to counternarcotics efforts since 2015, details a new analysis. A joint report, “A World of Harm,” released on December 4 by Harm Reduction International and the Drug Policy Alliance reveals the extent of the funding dispensed ...

2024年12月17日 · A Baltimore j udge will soon decide the fate of a landmark opioid lawsuit. The beleaguered city hopes to obtain billions of dollars to redress an overdose crisis that has killed thousands of residents in the last decade. Harm reduction in Baltimore—including long-awaited overdose prevention centers—could receive an enormous funding boost as a result. On December 17, the second phase of a ...

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 …

2024年12月2日 · 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 ...

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2024年12月31日 · The mix-ups and long delays that followed the switch to Securus' digital mail center have been more egregious for some prisoners than others.

2025年1月2日 · It's the latest in a series of lawsuits against Express Scripts and Optum, as pharmacy benefit managers begin to come under more scrutiny.