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 ...
Unsanctioned Overdose Prevention Sites Open Outside Two BC …
Nov 18, 2024 · Brishti reports on health care, drug policy, mental health, policing, race, sexual violence and the intersections between them. She was a finalist for several prestigious national and provincial awards for her work as a Capital Daily staff reporter. Her freelance reporting has been published in publications such as VICE, the Tyee, …
Advocates, Lawmakers Urge Biden to Expand Cannabis Clemency …
Nov 21, 2024 · O n November 20, advocates, formerly incarcerated people, their families and congressmembers gathered at the United States Capitol, urging President Joe Biden to use his clemency powers to help repair decades of injustice caused by cannabis prohibition. A press conference was led by representatives of the Last Prisoner Project (LPP), and featured prominent lawmakers including Representatives ...
What Older Vapers Think of Youth-Vaping Panic
Nov 18, 2024 · G lobally, youth vaping and its supposed health impacts have dominated public discussion and driven policies, to the extent that other needs tend to be overlooked.Among the forgotten populations, many older adults have started vaping in recent years, having previously smoked ever since their youth.. It’s true that older people vape in …
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Will Indonesia, a Key Tobacco Control Outlier, Keep Vaping Legal?
Nov 22, 2024 · 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.
Documents Show BC Scrapped OPC Plan at Hospitals Where Pop …
Nov 22, 2024 · O n November 18, the newly organized group Doctors for Safer Drug Policy set up unsanctioned overdose prevention sites on the grounds outside at Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria and Regional General Hospital in Nanaimo. Both tents, which planned short-term runs that have now concluded, were immediately approached by private security officers, but were allowed to relocate to the sidewalk and ...
Syringe Program in Fargo, North Dakota, Survives Narrow Vote
Nov 26, 2024 · A syringe service program in Fargo, North Dakota, has narrowly survived a vote after coming under attack. On November 25, local lawmakers debated whether or not to keep the city’s only harm reduction program open. A city commissioner has been claiming that the service is responsible for an increase in discarded syringes in public spaces.
Why Is England Missing Its “Smoke Free” Target?
Nov 20, 2024 · E ngland will miss its “smoke free” target by nearly a decade, a leading charity, Cancer Research UK (CRUK), has predicted.. Smoking in the United Kingdom has fallen substantially in the past 15 years. In 2023, England’s rate was 11.6 percent —a touch under the overall UK rate of 11.9 percent, which is down from 20.2 percent in 2011. But a CRUK analysis has found that England’s ...
No Drug Education: The Rise and Fall of DARE - Filter
May 1, 2024 · 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 ...