Safe consumption Sites

Alaska: House Sends Cannabis Tax Measure To Senate  The Alaska House of Representatives voted Friday in favor of House Bill 119 – a cannabis tax measure, reported Alaska Beacon. The measure was approved in a 36-3 vote.  If the bill passes the Senate and gets...

OnPoint NYC, the non-profit that runs two overdose prevention centers (OPCs) in the United States, recently released a baseline report with data from year one of their operation. The first report of its kind confirms that OPCs can save hundreds of lives each year.  In November 2021, New York City ...

Scottish Lord Advocate, the country's top attorney, replied to a request from the Parliament’s cross-committee on tackling drug deaths and drug harm for an update on her consideration of a prosecution policy for a pilot safer drug consumption facility in Glasgow. In her...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is asking a federal court to drop a case brought by the Philadelphia nonprofit organization Safehouse. The move follows a years-long legal hurdle around the legality of safe drug consumption sites. What Happened: A motion to dismiss the case was filed on Friday,...

Workers Call For Removal Of House Lawmakers After Killing Cannabis Unionization Scandals related to the cannabis industry in Oregon are piling up. On the heels of the news that Gov. Tina Kotek (D) was aware of former Secretary of State Shemia Fagan’s consulting contract in connection...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul delivered her 2023 state of the state address on Tuesday, sharing her plan to make New York a better place. Among many issues, Hochul touched on strengthening mental health care, drugs and overdose troubles. She also shared a...

Safe consumption sites have proven useful in saving patients from overdosing, a top federal drug official said. “Yes, it’s preventing people from dying,” National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Director Nora Volkow, said at the recent STAT Summit, reported Marijuana Moment....

A recent poll, led by University of Maine professors R. Glover and K. Sporer during July and August 2021 and shared this week, found that of the 400+ Mainers, a majority believe the priority is to treat people who have opioid and general drug use disorders rather than punish them under...

Scott Wiener’s Safe Consumption Sites Bill Passes Assembly, Heads Back To Senate The measure to authorize safe consumption sites for illicit drugs, through certain jurisdictions in California as part of a pilot program was approved by the state Assembly on Thursday....

As opioid overdoses and deaths continue to rise to alarming rates, institutions charged with stemming the crisis are beginning to consider alternative solutions. The Biden administration will prioritize “harm reduction” as a response to drug abuse while examining...

FDA Advisory Panel To Discuss CBD Use In Food & Dietary Supplements The Science Board of the FDA is scheduled to meet on Tuesday, June 14, to discuss “challenges in evaluating the safety of dietary supplement and food ingredients with predicted pharmacological activity, utilizing...

As the opioid crisis in the U.S. reaches alarming numbers, resulting in roughly 100,000 overdose deaths in the past 12-month period, a massive surge from a year earlier – federal health officials are willing to try new approaches to stem the tragedy. This week,...