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SXSW 2021: Building Compassion, Justice and Harm Reduction Through Decriminalization

“Decriminalize Drugs to Reduce Harm and Build Justice” featured leaders in public health, harm reduction, faith, and criminal justice to discuss the importance of adopting a public health response to drug use, why this approach is necessary, and how we can get there.

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Beyond 12 Steps: Fostering LGBTQ2IA+ Inclusion in Drug Use Support Groups

Support groups for people who use drugs are not often designed with the LGBTQ2IA+ community in mind. As a result, sexual and gender minority people who use drugs are barred from receiving the critical benefits of interpersonal support and healthcare services that actually meet their holistic needs.

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Follow the Data Podcast: Supporting The Next Generation of Healthy Food Policy Experts

Bloomberg Philanthropies Follow the Data: Food policy fellows discuss promising food policies.

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“Colombia’s bold new law to label foods high in fat, salt and sugar will save lives and empower consumers. Other countries should follow.”

We applaud the policymakers who advanced the law and the civil society advocates who have been fighting tirelessly for protections for consumers, especially children, in the face of a burgeoning obesity epidemic.

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Statement from Nandita Murukutla, Vice President, Global Policy and Research, Vital Strategies, on Instagram’s rollout of a sensitive content control option

Instagram allowing users to control sensitive content only scratches the surface of pervasive marketing of harmful products on social platforms.

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Deaths from alcohol-related disorders grow 156% in SP, says report

Folha de São Paulo: The Data for Health team discusses alcohol-related deaths in São Paulo, Brazil

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13 Best Ways To Implement Changes In A Growing Organization

Forbes: Jose Luis Castro writes for the Forbes Nonprofit Council.

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Helping Drug Users Survive, Not Abstain: ‘Harm Reduction’ Gains Federal Support

The New York Times: Daliah Heller, Director of Drug Use Initiatives on how harm reduction programs can help save lives.

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While Global Tobacco Control Measures Improve, Electronic Cigarettes Evade Regulation in Many Countries

Health Policy Watch: Rebecca Perl, Vice President of Partnerships and Initiatives, on how newer tobacco and nicotine products, such as e-cigarettes, evade regulation

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E-Cigs, Heated Tobacco Products Threaten Global Progress on Tobacco Control, Placing Children and Adolescents in Harm’s Way

Vital Strategies welcomes the World Health Organization’s 2021 Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic

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