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AMA: Marijuana Use Up, Problematic Use Down in Canada Post-Legalization

2 days ago | filtermag.org | Ben Adlin

New research published by the American Medical Association finds that while the frequency of marijuana use among adults in Canada increased slightly in the years following nationwide legalization, problematic use of cannabis in fact saw modest decreases. The report, which was published on April 23 in JAMA Network Open, looked at data from 1,428 adults aged 18 to 65, who completed assessments roughly every six months between September 2018 and October 2023.
Walgreens Settles DOJ Prescription Opioid Lawsuit, Likely at $350 Million

3 days ago | filtermag.org | Kastalia Medrano

Walgreens, the nation’s second-largest pharmacy chain, will pay $300 million plus 4 percent interest to settle Department of Justice allegations of improper dispensing practices as well as fraud.
Michael Bloomberg Won His Vietnam War on Vaping

3 days ago | filtermag.org | Marc Gunther

Vietnam has a big-time smoking problem. A huge proportion of men, particularly—44.3 percent, by one estimate—smoke cigarettes. Smoking kills more than 100,000 people a year in Vietnam, according to the . Tobacco-related diseases also contribute to rising health care costs in a country where, despite rapid economic growth, per capita income remains below $5,000 a year.
Vermont Prison Equity Bill: Free Calls, Paid Labor, Affordable Commissary

4 days ago | filtermag.org | Kastalia Medrano

Vermont legislators are reviewing a wide-ranging prison equity bill that, if enacted, would make the Vermont Department of Corrections (VDOC) the first to pay incarcerated workers minimum wage. H.294 would also make all available forms of communication—not just phone calls—free to incarcerated people and their loved ones, and cap the prices of commissary items. The bill is currently with the House Committee on Corrections and Institutions, where it was discussed in a hearing on April 17.
BC Enters 10th Year of Overdose Crisis, as It Shutters Harm Reduction Policies

1 week ago | filtermag.org | Dustin Godfrey

As people gathered in Vancouver’s Victory Square on April 14 to mark nine years since British Columbia declared the overdose crisis a public health emergency, an ambulance blaring its siren sped by.
Texas Bill Could Expand Sterile Syringe Access-for a Fee

1 week ago | filtermag.org | Alexander Lekhtman

A proposal advancing in the Texas legislature would authorize syringe service program (SSP) pilots in a total of seven counties, but potentially charge participants a fee per syringe. HB 3174 had a public hearing before a House subcommittee on April 14and has about one month left to cross over into the Senate. Texas doesn’t authorize SSP state-wide, and for the past several years only Bexar County has permitted locally funded pilots to operate.
"Faces of Medicaid" Highlights Lifesaving Program Under Attack

2 weeks ago | filtermag.org | Alexander Lekhtman

A new campaign highlights how Medicaid has transformed the lives of many people who use drugs, through medications for opioid use disorder, counseling and other treatment that they otherwise couldn’t have accessed. It’s intended to help influence lawmakers in defense of the federal health care program, which is being targeted for brutal cuts by the Republican-controlled Congress.
UK Govt. Publishes Report Indicating Drug Policing Boosts Violence

2 weeks ago | filtermag.org | Mattha Busby

Drug-related law enforcement is more likely to increase violence than reduce it, indicates a report commissioned by the government of the United Kingdom. Whether the government will revise its drug policies accordingly remains to be seen. “The available evidence suggests that drug-related law enforcement activities are of limited effectiveness in reducing violence,” states the report, which was prepared by the research organization RAND Europe and published by the UK Home Office on March 27.
Background Checks Keep Saying I Can't Do Jobs I Was Already Hired For

2 weeks ago | filtermag.org | Christy Pérez |C. Dreams

After two or three phone interviews with Walmart, they hired me for a clerical position at a distribution center. It would have paid about $19 an hour. I got an offer letter, and the company’s career center showed I’d been scheduled for orientation a couple of weeks later. But before that date came, I got a notification that they’d be moving forward with other candidates. I’d “failed” the background check.
Amid DOGE Cuts Elsewhere, the DEA Is Actively Recruiting

2 weeks ago | filtermag.org | Kyle Jaeger

At a time when agencies across the federal government are seeing massive spending and workforce cuts under the Trump administration, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is actively ramping up recruitment—urging people to join the agency on the frontlines of the “war on drugs,” even if they currently work as a “coffee barista” or otherwise have a non-law enforcement background.