S.O.S. Drug Policy Newsletter & Legislative Updates

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International Overdose Awareness Day

International Overdose Awareness Day
Annually, August 31 is known as International Overdose Awareness Day, a day that we pause to remember those who have died from an overdose and with their loved ones to share in the grief of their loss.
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Community Defeats Marijuana Retailer

Community Defeats Marijuana Retailer
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) just ruled in favor of the community of Bourne to defeat a marijuana retailer, grower, manufacturer’s efforts to establish a business within the city limits. 
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Oregon’s Drug Decriminalization Disaster

Oregon’s Drug Decriminalization Disaster
Ballot approval of Oregon’s Measure 110 in November 2020 launched the beginning of a doomed experimental approach that has become a drug decriminalization disaster for the state in less than 18 months.
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Drug-Related Emergency Department Visits

Drug-Related Emergency Department Visits
A report of findings from drug-related emergency department visits was recently released through the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN), a nationwide public health surveillance system administered by SAMHSA
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