A handful of other states have already lowered the correction officer hiring age to 18 amid a nationwide understaffing crisis ...

There's been drug-policy progress and leadership from the Global South, but harm reduction faces funding and other crises, ...

In partnership with various Bloomberg-funded organizations, it purports to target the harms of smoking and vaping. The real ...

To many advocates, it just confirms he's anti-tobacco harm reduction. Yet some of his positions sit uneasily with those of ...

It begins in June. Advocates say it's likely to boost illicit markets, push adults to resume smoking and have little impact ...

Advocates have been fighting against measures that include "school safety zones" banning service provision, and encampment ...

Filter spoke with two former re-entry clerks at CoreCivic facilities. Both quit because of moral objections to how the ...

Researchers find that xylazine test strips, while useful harm reduction tools, have some significant limitations to be aware ...

Over 600,000 people who vape will continue to have choices other than cigarettes. But reducing deaths was not the lawmakers' ...

Besides the question of whether legalization can pass this session, its supporters are split between state-run and private ...

The jail, which finally closed in 2022, had horrific conditions. Subject to court approval, thousands of people could soon ...

Though the overall prison population has slightly decreased since 2012, the portion serving life without parole has grown ...