As D.C. lawmakers consider a bill to legalize marijuana sales, they will have to contend with Congress, existing gifting stores and services, and how to work equity into a new industry.

Activists want D.C. lawmakers to fully move towards treating drug use and abuse as a public health challenge, instead of a criminal justice problem.

The Metropolitan Police Department will again join a national initiative to safely dispose of prescription drugs.

The D.C. Psychedelic Society offers a place for locals to discuss their appreciation for psychedelic drugs, research about their therapeutic potential, and the role they play in religion, art and medicine, among other topics.

Overdoses claimed more than lives in D.C. since 2014. This group says another 158 will die in 2017.

We need all the dopamine we can get.

The State Health Commissioner declared the opioid addiction a public health emergency.

Businesses have popped up that ostensibly sell other things—juice, t-shirts, backpacks, art—and tack on a little nugget of appreciation, all claiming to be Initiative 71-compliant.

Naloxone can now be obtained at HIPS and Family and Medical Counseling Services.

The prescription ones, that is.