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How the Criminalization of Testosterone Attacks Gender Variant People
"One yelled, ‘Show me your track marks, you fucking junkie! We found your needles and drugs.'"
Local SEO Guide for Beginners: Why Is Local SEO Important?
"Yoast describes local SEO as the practice of optimizing your website for a specific local area, and if you have a local business, it’s imperative your web pages rank for certain search queries performed by your local audience."
How Eating Disorders Impact Queer and Trans People
"Eating disorders and struggles with body image are often a symptom of the trauma associated with living in a cissexist, patriarchal, and queer antagonistic society rooted in the gender binary."
How Patient-Centered Care Drives This Independent Physician’s Specialty Practice
"Treating her as a professional and collaborator, rather than as a student helped her become a leader in a field where the number of women, especially of a diverse background, has been stagnant or worsening in the past decade."
Advocate Lucas Wentworth Says Harm Reduction In Schools Is Basic First Aid
"By including conversations about our state’s Good Samaritan Law in public high school health classes, we believe we have identified the most systematic approach to ensuring generations of New Yorkers are aware of it."
Prisoners Sue After Drug Testing of Their Legal Mail Gave False Positives
"The tests were purportedly intended to detect synthetic cannabinoids, which are popular in prisons (as well as among people on probation or parole) due to their frequent omission from toxicology screenings."
'It Could Happen To Anyone:' Mario Ramos Shares His Cannabis Incarceration Story And More
After a three-year battle with the criminal justice system, he was released from prison in March 2021 and now serves in New Jersey’s intensive supervision program. He currently lives in Jersey City.
Senate Marijuana Legalization Bill Falls Short in Key Areas, Advocates Say
"Although the plan orders federal judges to expunge records, it’s not automatic; anyone with a non-violent federal cannabis conviction still has to file a motion for expungement in court. The same applies to resentencing, where some incarcerated people would be entitled to sentencing review hearings, but would have to apply for themselves."
Hemp-Hemp Hooray! 4 Ways Hemp Betters Humanity
"The cannabis community has a strong interest in the impact of hemp products within both historic and modern societies — From collectively learning how prohibition historically causes systemic harm to new ingenious uses of hemp such as making paper, clothing, health supplements, or even a car."
Connecticut’s Adult-Use Marijuana Legalization Protects Youth, Students
"Though law enforcement still plays a role, this model is widely considered the most progressive among states with legalization policies in place, because it diverts young people from involvement with the carceral system at large."
How Direct Primary Care Enables Physicians To Live Their Values
"Her performance was assessed on how high she billed, how many referrals she made, and other criteria that strayed from giving quality care. It became apparent the new workflow wasn’t lining up with her values of independence, connection, flexibility, and transparency."
Cannabis Lounges Coming to Nevada—What Does This Mean for Social Equity?
“'It’s important to give people who may feel wary or tentative a cannabis space where they can consume intentionally.'”
“The Legal Process Is a Marathon”: Q&A with Incarcerated Cannabis Activist Jonathan Wall’s Mother, Mitzi
"Unfortunately, Wall’s story is one similar to so many impacted by the drug war within the investment-heavy, burgeoning legal cannabis industry."
NisonCo Knows Remote Work: Our 2021 Work from Home Summer Tips
"With the right planning and coordination, remote work can enhance the warmer months.
Through some tips and pointers, you can be on your way to a more manageable, productive and even refreshing season."
Salvation Army Faces Lawsuit for Bupe Discrimination in Its Rehabs
On May 18, Justice Law Catalyst announced a federal lawsuit against the Salvation Army on behalf of Mark Tassinari, who was discharged from the Christian charity organization’s Boston Adult Rehabilitation Center in 2018 after he began taking buprenorphine to manage his opioid use disorder (OUD).