Two More “Survivors” Today

Why not pre-position search-and-rescue assets? Or is the point here “keep survivors out of the courts,” where, even as defendants, they could force scrutiny and transparency into this disastrous program?

#DrugPolicy #HumanRights #LatinAmerica #USPolicy

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“It’s looking like we have a coin-operated #drugpolicy that basically responds to whoever will give money … And it threatens #publichealth and safety because it’s going around the scientific process in favor of donors and influencers.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u...

How an Addictive Gas Station D...
How Kratom, an Addictive Gas Station Drug, Found Allies in Trump’s Cabinet

With support from Markwayne Mullin and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the kratom industry is pursuing a potentially lucrative policy. Mr. Mullin owns equity in a company that could benefit.

The New York Times

How Kratom, an Addictive Gas Station Drug, Found Allies in Trump's Cabinet

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/us/politics/kratom-trump-administration.html

#Politics #DrugPolicy #Regulation

How Kratom, an Addictive Gas Station Drug, Found Allies in Trump’s Cabinet

With support from Markwayne Mullin and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the kratom industry is pursuing a potentially lucrative policy. Mr. Mullin owns equity in a company that could benefit.

The New York Times
How Kratom, an Addictive Gas Station Drug, Found Allies in Trump’s Cabinet

With support from Markwayne Mullin and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the kratom industry is pursuing a potentially lucrative policy. Mr. Mullin owns equity in a company that could benefit.

The New York Times
London's supervised consumption site is closing. What happens next?
London's Carepoint Consumption and Treatment Service will close on June 13 after the province pulled its funding. People who use the service say they're worried about their safety and the impact the closure could have across the city.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/carepoint-drug-consumption-closure-9.7231786?cmp=rss

Ottawa's supervised consumption sites are expected to close in the coming months.

People with lived experience have long warned that these sites provide more than overdose response: they offer safety, healthcare connections, trusted relationships, and a path to support.

Good policy starts by listening to the people most affected by it.

#HarmReduction #PublicHealth #LivedExperience #MentalHealth #DrugPolicy

Dread and anxiety as Ottawa's last supervised injection sites close their doors
Ottawa’s last supervised drug consumption sites will close for good this week, and many within that community warn the city will come to regret it.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/dread-and-anxiety-as-ottawa-s-last-supervised-injection-sites-close-their-doors-9.7229235?cmp=rss

Talking About the Illegal Boat Strikes With Jake Tapper at CNN

This segment was recorded on Monday (June 1), a few days after I was quoted in a really good New York Times investigative piece that presented evidence that nine months of the Trump administration’s illegal, lethal boat strikes have failed to impact supplies of cocaine in the United States.

#DrugPolicy #Featured #HumanRights #LatinAmerica #USPolicy #Video

http://admis.me/b/3d_

Video: The Boat Strikes’ Death Toll Now Exceeds 200

I recorded this on Tuesday (June 2). It’s 60 attacks now, not 59.

#DrugPolicy #HumanRights #USPolicy #Video

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Video: The Boat Strikes' Death Toll Now Exceeds 200 - Adam Isacson

I recorded this on Tuesday (June 2). It's 60 attacks now, not 59.

Adam Isacson
You can legally microdose caffeine and adderall to perform better at work, you cannot legally microdose the thing that makes you realize the work isn't worth it 😭
#DrugPolicy #WorkerRights #BigPharma