Basic needs are human rights, not conditional.

Despite stated goals, new reports show that the Trump administration’s boat strikes have not reduced cocaine smuggling. 🧵

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This week marks one year since Trump issued his anti-homeless Executive Order. Since then, the admin has used it as a blueprint for making homelessness worse. Join us Thursday 7/30 @ 3:30-5 PM ET for a conversation on the EO's consequences and how we can fight back. Register: buff.ly/YS87gHM

Community-based health services are helping save lives in Minneapolis. Residents came together to build a network of local support that connects people with life-saving services. As these programs have expanded, the number of people going to the ER with opioid-related illness has dropped. Read more:

Across north Minneapolis, neighbors help neighbors survive the opioid crisis

An overdose response network of healthcare providers, community coalitions, a fire station and neighbors equipped with naloxone saw opioid-related emergency room visits decline in north Minneapolis in...

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Marijuana reform must prioritize public health, safety, & reinvestment. The newly-reintroduced CAOA would end federal marijuana criminalization & put people, not corporate profit, at the center of marijuana reform. Tell your Senators to back real change now: engage.drugpolicy.org/secure/tell-...

Looking to build up your summer reading list? Here are some of our favorites. Let us know any we missed!

Methadone is one of the most effective treatments for opioid addiction, yet federal law still limits access by making people to go through through specialty clinics. A new bipartisan bill would allow physicians to prescribe methadone directly through pharmacies, expanding access to life-saving care.

Bipartisan bill seeks to allow direct prescribing of methadone for opioid addiction

Methadone for opioid addiction has been available only at specialty clinics. A bipartisan bill would greatly expand access.

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Curious about kratom and 7-OH? Join us for a webinar with experts that will explain: what these drugs are, their legal status, and the policies we need to expand research, improve access to treatment, and keep people safe. Sign up today: bit.ly/July2026-Kratom7-OH

Naloxone access matters. Overdoses can happen anywhere, and when they happen, every minute counts. We're grateful to Simone Kelly, Peter Shrieve-Don, and the many other harm reduction heroes whose actions keep people alive. abc7ny.com/post/off-dut...

Off-duty first responders help save man from overdose at Knicks parade

The small but mighty group of people fought for a man's life on top of the World Trade Center subway elevator entrance.

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Your zodiac sign = how you reform drug policy 🧵 Let us know if yours is accurate 👀

Everybody should be able to access the care and support they need. We need to prioritize health solutions to drugs. Not the failed drug war playbook.

"Too often, Black women navigating addiction are denied [hope]. They are analyzed instead of embraced. Judged instead of supported. Reduced to cautionary tales instead of being treated as human beings whose lives remain valuable while they are still struggling." Required read on Euphoria's finale:

If Rue Were Real, You Would Have Given Up On Her: What ‘Euphoria’ Reveals About Addiction, Black Women, And The Limits Of Our Compassion

There is a reason millions of people spent the last week arguing about whether Rue Bennett deserved a happy ending in the finale of Euphoria.

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Last week we joined partner orgs for Cannabis Week of Unity in DC to demand Congress decriminalize cannabis, free people incarcerated for cannabis offenses, and clear records. 📢 Take action: help us deschedule and decriminalize cannabis: engage.drugpolicy.org/secure/tell-...

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BREAKING: U.S. overdose deaths have declined for the third straight year. But nearly 70k still died. The Trump administration has continued to slash health & prevention programs that have driven the declines. Federal funding for these lifesaving programs should be protected, not gutted. Read more:

Overdose deaths fall for 3rd straight year amid a changing drug supply and funding cuts

This marks the longest decline in overdose deaths in decades, according to preliminary government data.

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Overdose deaths are decreasing and access to naloxone, an overdose reversal medication, is one of the reasons why. Learn more about what’s causing overdose declines: https://drugpolicy.org/resource/fact-sheet-health-harm-reduction-approaches-pivotal-to-decrease-in-national-drug-overdose-deaths/

What's happened recently in drug policy? ❇️Trump signs an Executive Order on psychedelics ❇️Trump moves to partially reschedule marijuana to Schedule III 📢 Take action! tell Congress to pass the MORE act:

Today we’re sharing the facts about kratom and 7-OH 🧵

"If we are gutting all the things that work, when people seek help, they won't find any doors open. We're still in the midst of the OD crisis. Federal funding cuts, coupled w/taking away real tools to help people, could lead to more drug use harms, including overdose." -DPA's Maritza Perez Medina

Trump administration ends funding for fentanyl test strips, baffling public health groups: "It doesn't make sense"

Test strips cost about $1 each and can be used to check drugs for dangerous contaminants, including fentanyl and xylazine.

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We are excited to announce the host city for the Harm Reduction International Conference 2027! #HR27

We asked folks: How will the $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts impact people? Here's what they said...

When people can access housing, food, jobs, & other supports during reentry, they're able to rebuild better, leading to safer communities. This Second Chance Month, we're proud to lead the federal fight to remove lifetime bans on food assistance & housing rights that can come w/a drug conviction.

"It’s a welcome sign that the federal govt is taking psychedelic research & access seriously... But without sustained investments in healthcare access, community-based treatment & housing–resources the Trump admin has continued to divest from–we cannot truly address America’s mental health crisis."

Trump psychedelics order largely symbolic, analysts say

Executive order to speed access to psychedelic treatments likely to have limited legal impact despite high-profile push

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BREAKING: Trump’s admin has given another half-measure instead of real marijuana reform. Today, they announced they’re moving state-regulated medical marijuana products from Schedule I to III – and considering rescheduling all marijuana later. Keep reading to learn why this isn’t nearly enough. 🧵

Legalizing marijuana the “right way” means: ✅ Ending the federal criminalization of marijuana ✅ Using marijuana tax revenue for community supports (jobs, health services, parks etc.) ✅ Freeing marijuana prisoners & expunging their records ✅ Restoring benefits to people with a marijuana conviction

We quizzed strangers on what can reduce overdose risk by 50%. Watch to see how they did 👀

Many cities spend over $40,000 to incarcerate someone for a year, while a 12-week outpatient addiction treatment program costs less than $5,000. Make it make sense.

What does marijuana moving from Schedule I to Schedule III actually do?

What made you rethink the “war on drugs”?