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On June 11 the Supreme Court rejected Alabama's request to proceed with the nitrogen gas execution of 49-year-old Jeffrey Lee, scheduled for that same day, reports @kastaliamedrano.
"It’s been banned across the US as a euthanasia method for pets."
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"A bill to authorize so-called voluntary admissions to the country's therapeutic communities is awaiting transfer to the Senate."
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"The agency's new request for public comment emphasizes faith-based providers, civil commitment and 'ending support for harm reduction.'”
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Illinois, Massachusetts and Vermont are among states that have moved to increase personal possession limits for marijuana this year.
Advocates say this will reduce criminalization and have practical benefits for consumers, reports @tomangell:
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"There is no smoking-cessation help available in the five-county area that I live in."
Rural residents are much less likely to quit than city-dwellers. Complex factors are behind this disparity, so ending it won't be easy, reports @KiranSidhu51:
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"The right-wing candidate, who has vowed to expand private prisons and wipe out the drug trade, is favored to win the June 21 runoff."
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"Joe Lonsdale's right-wing think tank has deep financial ties to industries that profit from the criminalization of homelessness."
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"The decision also gives some indication of the Trump administration’s intentions regarding the paradoxical, highly contentious regulatory landscape that kratom shares with mitragynine’s more potent form, 7-OH."
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"Sixth Amendment rights have evaporated in Georgia, where it's common to spend years in jail pre-trial without access to effective counsel."
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"The fixation with novel synthetic opioids has nothing to do with public health. It exists entirely because anything that can be described as 'more dangerous than fentanyl' is a huge asset in headlines and reelection campaigns."
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The attorneys general of Louisiana, Indiana and Nebraska had filed a joint lawsuit in May challenging federal marijuana rescheduling actions.
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“There’s something unique about some of these rural Appalachian communities that are very small,” Dr. Alexander Elswick told Filter.
“Everybody knows everybody, and anonymity is so much more of a concern.”
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"No one is going to tell you during jury selection that you don't have to vote according to the law, and can in fact vote however you see fit. Prosecutors and judges certainly won't."
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