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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 …
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 ...
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Despite Everything, More People Than Ever Choosing Safer …
Nov 26, 2024 · Kiran is a tobacco harm reduction fellow for Filter.She is a writer and journalist who has written for publications including the Guardian, the Telegraph, I Paper and the Times, among many others.Her book, I Can Hear the Cuckoo, was published by Gaia in …
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 I Report on Tobacco Harm Reduction - filtermag.org
Dec 17, 2024 · T obacco harm reduction, which I’ve been covering as a journalist for a couple of years now, has often felt a strange space to work in. Polarizing, compassionate, full of justified hope, yet often dispiriting. Beset with hostility and falsehoods, yet fascinating.People who smoked cigarettes and then found tobacco harm reduction (THR) often talk about their “journey.”
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 …