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The texas state supreme court ruled in favor of the republican texas attorney general ken paxtons argument preventing a pregnant woman named kate cox, a mother of two, from obtaining a medically necessary abortion in texas. heres what kate coxs attorney told chris hayes. >> i just really want people to put themselves in her shoes, and think about who they want in the medical room with their husband and their doctors. is it ken paxton? or not? >> joining us now, michelle goodwin, constitutional l...

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi on Dec 28 signed a new law which would provide criminal liability for cross-border smuggling.

How does the War on Drugs affect society and the economy? Answer by Jeffrey A Miron, Harvard University

A new study by UNDP, GNP+, and O’Neill Institute links legal reforms with improved HIV prevention and treatment, highlighting the critical role of decriminalizing same-sex relationships in public health.

Clinical psychologist and professor Monnica Williams is on a mission to bring psychedelics to therapists’ offices to help people heal from their racial traumas. To do this, she’s jumping over some big hurdles.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregons first-in-the-nation law that decriminalized the possession of small amounts of heroin, cocaine and other illicit drugs in favor of an emphasis on addiction treatment is

Psychedelics are an opportunity to do better than our past drug control strategies. Adults should be trusted to make the right decisions, but policymakers should ensure they do so fully informed.

The Treatment Not Jail Act would expand access to the kind of treatment that Buffalo pioneered and make these programs available for individuals facing mental health issues as well.

Measure 110 was passed by voters in 2020 to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of hard drugs and to divert users into treatment programs. It was seen as a redress to the disastrous policies of the War on Drugs -- specifically the dramatically disproportionate sentencing and incarceration of Black Americans on drug possession charges.

The United Nations in Mauritius—which includes UNAIDS, UNFPA, OHCHR, UNDP and WHO—welcome today’s ruling by the Supreme Court of Mauritius that a discriminatory law criminalizing consensual same sex relations is unconstitutional and will be immediately struck from the legal code. Previously, under Section 250 of the Mauritian Criminal Code (which dated back to 1898) anyone