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Public Health Reduces Drug Deaths. Wars Don’t.

Public Health Reduces Drug Deaths. Wars Don’t.

| Jan 7, 2026 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedRepublicans have defended Trump’s illegal invasion of Venezuela as necessary to solve the drug overdose crisis. For instance, Vice President J.D. Vance posted on Twitter/X, “cocaine, which is the main drug trafficked out of Venezuela, is a profit center for all of the...
RFK Threatens a Century of Medical Progress

RFK Threatens a Century of Medical Progress

| Oct 1, 2025 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyArguably the most important medical innovation of the 20th century is under attack, in part because it’s been so effective. We live in an era when diseases such as polio are incredibly rare — because of childhood vaccines. Now, thanks to the antivaxxer-in-chief at the...
The Paradox of Public Health Solutions That Worsen Climate Change

The Paradox of Public Health Solutions That Worsen Climate Change

| Jul 3, 2024 | Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedIn Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley,” where the air is thick with pollutants and asthma rates are alarmingly high, a troublesome irony is unfolding.  This region is home to sprawling petrochemical plants and toxic fossil fuels that disproportionately affect the respiratory...
Addiction Recovery Is Hard. Funding It Shouldn’t Be.

Addiction Recovery Is Hard. Funding It Shouldn’t Be.

| Jun 12, 2024 | Environment / Health|HP FeaturedTreating addiction is hard. But as someone who’s in recovery and now helps mothers on their own recovery journey, one thing is very simple: We need more investment in the solutions that work. Every person in recovery has their own story. My grandmother was an American...
Is the Government Finally Abandoning Its ‘Flat Earth’ Cannabis Policy?

Is the Government Finally Abandoning Its ‘Flat Earth’ Cannabis Policy?

| Feb 7, 2024 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyHundreds of pages of recently released documents provided by the Department of Health and Services affirm what the overwhelming majority of the public has known for decades: Marijuana is therapeutically useful. And its harms are not on par with those of heroin — which...
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