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Pulling back the curtains on wage-theft enforcement in MN; Trump's latest attack is on RFK, Jr; NM LGBTQ+ equality group endorses 2024 'Rock Star' candidates; Michigan's youth justice reforms: Expanded diversion, no fees.

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says rebuilding Baltimore's Key Bridge will be challenging and expensive. An Alabama Democrat flips a state legislature seat and former Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman dies at 82.

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Historic wildfires could create housing and health issues for rural Texans, a Kentucky program helps prison parolees start a new life, and descendants of Nicodemus, Kansas celebrate the Black settlers who journeyed across the 1870s plains seeking self-governance.

NY: Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, instability in a child's life because of a parent in prison can lead to
Report: Keep Incarcerated Parents and Kids Close

A recent report from the Prison Policy Initiative calls for better state laws to keep incarcerated parents close to their kids. It finds 12 states …

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A letter sent to Congress by 240 groups in part calls for $69.5 million for increased access to overdose prevention, harm reduction, and syringe service programs through the CDC's Infectious Diseases and the Opioid Epidemic program. (Flickr)
As Overdoses Climb, NY Groups Seek Solutions

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced another staggering new death count amid the pandemic: more than 100,000 fatal drug overdo…

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Ten states, including Massachusetts, Vermont and Maine, have legalized recreational marijuana. (vjkombajn/pixabay)
High Hopes for Legal Pot in 2019

NEW YORK – Drug policy reform advocates are confident that in 2019 New York will join the rush of states legalizing recreational use of marijuan…

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Health advocates say no one has ever died of an opioid overdose in a safer consumption space. (Todd Huffman [CC BY 2.0]/ Wikimedia Commons)
Groups Ask NYC Mayor to Open Safer-Consumption Spaces

NEW YORK – Medical professionals, city lawmakers and others gathered at New York City Hall on Thursday to urge the city to create safer-…

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More than ten times as many Americans are now imprisoned for drug offenses than in 1980. (babawawa/Pixabay)
Study Finds Stiffer Prison Terms Don’t Deter Drug Use

NEW YORK — A new, 50-state study finds that putting more people in jail for drug offenses doesn't reduce drug use or overdose deaths. On …

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In 2016, there were more than 2,900 opioid related deaths in New York State. (picman2/Pixabay)
Group Calls Cuomo Move on Fentanyl "Misguided"

NEW YORK – Drug-policy watchdog groups are calling Gov. Andrew Cuomo's announcement that he is adding fentanyl analogs to New York State's …

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Treating drug addiction as a health issue rather than a crime has a proven track record of success. (Psychonaught/Wikimedia Commons)
Marching for Science-Based Drug Policies

NEW YORK - Drug policy should be based on facts, not fear. That's one of the messages scientists, academics and their allies will be taking to the …

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Moms United believes the war on drugs, attacks on immigrants and on the poor all are interconnected. (A New PATH)
Mothers Unite to Defend Human Rights

NEW YORK - As 2016 draws to a close, one organization has issued a set of New Year's resolutions calling on mothers everywhere to preserve advances …

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In 2013, states with medical marijuana cut health-care spending by more than $165 million. (O'Dea/Wikimedia Commons)<br />
Study Links Medical Marijuana to Decreased Use of Painkillers

NEW YORK - A new study suggests that allowing the use of medical marijuana cuts down on prescription drug use. The study, published in the journal …

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Of the 20,000 New Yorkers arrested for marijuana possession in 2015, 83 percent were black or Latino. (Elvert Barnes/Flickr)
Last-Minute Push to Seal Marijuana Convictions

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Near the close of the legislative session, a bill to seal court records on thousands of marijuana-possession arrests cleared the …

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In New York dispensaries, medical marijuana will only be available as capsules, liquid or oil. (Aney/Wikimedia Commons)
Medical Marijuana Dispensaries to Open in NY

NEW YORK - Medical marijuana dispensaries could open in New York state next week, but patients may still be waiting to get access. The Compassionate …

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New York lawmakers hope a multi-state prescription monitoring program will help the state combat its opioid abuse epidemic. (Bob Smith/freeimages.com)
New York To Join Multi-State Drug Monitoring Program

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - In an effort to further crack down on prescription drug abuse, New York is joining 39 other states in a massive prescription …

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