Vittoria, to Mexico
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heads to the polls on June 2 and it’s almost certain that the country's new head of state will be a woman. Legislative and municipal are also taking place on the same day. Since campaigning began, at least 24 candidates and pre-candidates have been assassinated as remains rampant in many parts of the country, particularly in the state of . Our team on the ground reports.

https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/focus/20240528-mexican-elections-dodging-bullets-on-the-campaign-trail

inquiline, to acab
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One of the reasons I will believe just about any story of cop bad behavior is that the ones I don't know firsthand tend to be cut from the same cloth as the ones I do know at close range

A very trivial example is a story from a friend who was a public defender in Philly who had a client, who was denying the charge. His alibi was that he was smoking crack with on-duty cops at the time, and he'd admit the wrongdoing if he had done it. She was like, ok but we can't use this in court.

thejapantimes, to Japan
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Japan was once a strong player in the field of new drug development, but has fallen behind in recent years. A new proposal hopes to change that by accelerating local efforts. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/22/japan/science-health/generic-drugs-supply/

universalhub, to boston
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vantablue, to books
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Mama, I’m home.

bicmay, to Insurance
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"In letters sent Thursday to the five largest health insurers and four largest pharmacy benefit managers first shared with The Hill, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) asked for information on how the companies plan to respond to federal guidance designed to improve no-cost access to birth control."

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4667964-raskin-presses-insurers-pbms-on-free-contraception-coverage/

#healthcare #contraception #ReproductiveJustice #insurance #PrescriptionDrugs #drugs #ACA #PBM

Vittoria, to Europe
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In a report by a committee on drug trafficking, French senators warn that France is being 'submerged by illicit drugs'. Tom Burges Watson speaks to Thomas Pietschmann, Senior research officer at the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, who explains that this trend extends to the whole of , and it concerns in particular the trafficking of cocaine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5FKwkw940w

longreads, to LSD
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"Mediating the profane as much as the sacred, blotter became the central vehicle of LSD’s own weird drift through the post-hippie era."

In an excerpt from his book "Blotter: The Untold Story of an Acid Medium," Erik Davis theorizes on why blotter proved the ideal carrier for : https://aeon.co/essays/how-outlaw-chemists-used-blotter-to-dose-the-world-with-lsd

longreads, to science
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"MDMA users, many of whom partied weekly among thousands of others and had never witnessed the negative consequences splashed across the media, inhabited an entirely different world."

For The New York Review of Books, Mike Jay reports on the shifting around : https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2024/05/23/ecstasys-odyssey-the-history-of-mdma/

universalhub, to boston
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br00t4c, to ai
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America's War on Drugs and Crime will be AI powered, says Homeland Security boss

https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/05/07/dhs_ai_civil_liberties/

makkhorn, to MandelaEffect
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THX, JOE!
FTC Challenging JUNK PATENTS
by Big Pharma

PASS THE NEWS ON.
#thanksJoe

#Your Job is to TALK IT UP ‼️

#big Pharma #pricefixing #monopoly #legal #junkPatents
#asthmaInhalers #news #drugs #economy

On April 30, Fed Trade Commission (FTC) challenged more than 300 junk patent drug listings: diabetes, asthma, (COPD) and Ozempic.

Bogus patent listings prevent generic drugs to come to market, keeping prices high.

In Nov. the FTC successfully challenged junk patents on asthma inhalers, reducing their price to $35.
https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=20533&post_id=144352111&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=eo2d1&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNDYzNzQyOSwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTQ0MzUyMTExLCJpYXQiOjE3MTQ5NzI1MzQsImV4cCI6MTcxNzU2NDUzNCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTIwNTMzIiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.wOwg1ZuWwh0gy36k-pKBLtKiKjvXitBLeIkz8BYem8g

thejapantimes, to worldnews
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The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is recommending cannabis be reclassified as less risky, people familiar with the matter have said — a move that could help the legal marijuana industry benefit from tax breaks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/01/world/crime-legal/us-agency-reclassifying-marijuana/ #worldnews #crimelegal #marijuana #us #drugs

stefan, to news
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"[The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration proposal] would not legalize marijuana outright for recreational use, but the proposal “clears the last significant regulatory hurdle” before the largest policy change in more than five decades would take effect [...]"

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4633467-biden-administration-plans-to-ease-marijuana-restrictions-reports/

via @thenewsdesk

#news #USNews #weed #marijuana #drugs

theferret, to random
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‘A foundation to build on’: Can Scotland’s first safer injection site tackle the drugs crisis?

This summer, Glasgow will become the first city in the UK to open an authorised safer drug consumption facility. But can it help tackle the drugs crisis?

https://theferret.scot/scotland-first-safer-injection-site-drugs-crisis/?pk_campaign=feed&pk_kwd=scotland-first-safer-injection-site-drugs-crisis

Wen,
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@theferret @FiveSeventeen

I am sure that it will help, but it is sticking plaster.

We need more support for those addicted to remediate the effects and get as many as possible off drugs (it will never be 100% in my lifetime). There is a ray of hope - the demographics of drug deaths indicate that there is a bulge of older users and much of that is related to the deprivation imposed on areas such as Glasgow and Dundee years ago. But tackling root causes is essential.
#Poverty #Drugs #Scotland

TransportOnline, to Rotterdam Dutch
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thejapantimes, to Japan
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Police have arrested a Nigerian man for allegedly smuggling stimulant drugs worth about ¥957 million from Britain in September 2021, using his Japanese romance scam victim. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/26/japan/crime-legal/drug-smuggling-romance-scam/ #japan #crimelegal #drugs #smuggling #japanesepolice #fraud

TexasObserver, to Mexico
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Why haven't we learned better lessons from decades of hopeless violence at the ?

In our magazine, author Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera looks at 's war on drugs, and uncovers its real goals: land ownership and the control of natural resources such as oil, natural gas, , lithium, and more. https://www.texasobserver.org/unwinnable-drug-war/

gimulnautti, to Youtube
@gimulnautti@mastodon.green avatar

#youtube streamers have literally discovered the media equivalent of #drugs:

An influencer reading other people’s semi-funny tweets on repeat. Hundreds and hundreds. Endlessly.

It keeps giving you little hits of dopamine over and over, keeps you hooked, wastes your time & doesn’t get you anywhere even if you feel something like a real feeling.

I call these ”brain rot”. My kid agreees, and keeps watching.

The race to the bottom of the brain stem is painful to watch sometimes. 🙁

thejapantimes, to Japan
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Tokyo and Saitama police have detained six people on suspicion of smuggling ¥945 million ($6.1 million) worth of stimulants for profit by concealing the drugs inside a conveyor belt roller. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/23/japan/crime-legal/japan-drug-smuggling-arrest/ #japan #crimelegal #drugs #gangs #yakuza #smuggling #naritaairport #mexico

strypey, to til
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thejapantimes, to Japan
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Japan’s cannabis market expanded sixfold over four years to ¥24 billion ($154 million) in 2023, a trend that is expected to accelerate with the amendment in December of cannabis laws. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/21/japan/science-health/cannabis-market/ #japan #sciencehealth #marijuana #drugs #medicine

thejapantimes, to China
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Twenty-three top Chinese swimmers tested positive for the same powerful banned substance seven months before the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 but were allowed to escape public scrutiny. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/04/20/chinese-swimmers-olympics-banned-substance/ #olympics #china #2020tokyoolympics #2024parisolympics #swimming #zhangyufei #shunwang #qinhaiyang #drugs

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