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Pennsylvania senators have introduced a bipartisan federal bill aimed at the economic harms of substance use disorder (SUD), while remaining somewhat ambiguous about which kinds of harms it’s referring to. Senators Dave McCormick (R) and John Fetterman (D) introduced the

Dueling coalitions of police, military veterans and industry groups are pushing Congress in different directions on whether the planned federal recriminalization of hemp THC products should move forward as scheduled or be delayed.

Hemp derivatives with less than 0.3 percent delta-9 THC on a dry-weight basis were federally legalized under the 2018 Farm Bill that Preside...

One of the most commonly cited statistics in corrections department promotional materials is the one about how 95 percent of incarcerated people will come home one day. Legislators use it a lot, too, when explaining that we have to invest in rehabilitative programming since most prisoners will rejoin their communities. There is never the slightest suggestion that anyone in cu...

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has released the latest edition of its National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), which is the source of most national statistics related to drugs, treatment and mental health. This time the annual-ish behavioral health survey is framed as a five-year trend report covering 2021 to 2025, which somewhat...

The Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act (MOTAA) is back. An updated version was reintroduced by Senators Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Rand Paul (R-KY) in June.

“For too long, we have kept methadone—an evidence-based, life-saving medication—locked away, far from many of the people who need it,” Markey