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NASCAR Best Bets: Motorsports Picks, Odds to Consider on DraftKings Sportsbook for the Cook Out Southern 500 – DraftKings Nation
Posted: September 4, 2021 at 5:48 am
The NASCAR schedule continues to fluctuate. Darlington is a high horsepower, low downforce oval track. The circuit has only raced at this style of track twice in the last 13 races. This package and this track are not for underdogs. Straying outside of the favorites on Sunday may be a mistake.
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He has another gear. Its like hes 100 pounds lighter than us, said William Byron over his team radio when asked about Martin Truex, Jr. during the first Darlington race. Before the race, the crew chief of the No. 19 car said this high horsepower, low downforce package played right into their strengths, and he was right Truex led 85% of the race. Truex was the best driver in NASCAR before the executives started playing games with horsepower. In the high horsepower races that remain now a majority of the races thanks to fans and drivers speaking out against the low horsepower package Truex is the favorite every race. Not only does he routinely win at the high horsepower, low downforce tracks typically short tracks he dominates. After Truex won at Darlington in May, he came on the radio and said, Thats an [expletive] whoopin right there.
There will be some concerns about the repave and the setup adjustments. As always, it will be a guessing game for the crew chiefs without practice, but James Small guessed correctly in the spring. The No. 19 car was the best car late in the September 2020 race that featured the low horsepower package. This seasons change to the high horsepower package didnt seem to bother the No. 19 team in May, so a little bit of fresh asphalt wont likely throw them for a loop either.
Martin Truex might have felt like Superman at Darlington based on the ease of his victory, but he didnt know what happened to Larson. The No. 5 car battled from 14th to fourth by the end of stage 1 at a track where passing was nearly impossible as every driver clung to the wall. A speeding on pit road penalty during the stage break forced Larson to do it all over again and he did to begin stage 3, Larson restarted fifth. By the end of the race, Larson had caught Truex thanks in large part to lappers, but Truex did have quite the head start leading the field to green in what was a completely green final stage but Larson used up his tires chasing the rabbit.
The roles will reverse on Sunday. Larson will begin with a better starting position (sixth) than Truex (10th). Its possible that the results could reverse. Overall, Larson and his crew chief Cliff Daniels have been the best duo this season. Theyre the favorites to win it all, but the first step is winning a playoff race.
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This looks like easy money, but this matchup is close. DraftKings Sportsbook knows what theyre doing. DiBenedetto has been popular lately, but thats because the last two races have been low horsepower, high downforce races. Those types of races play to DiBenedettos strengths and the weaknesses of Chastain. Darlington is a high horsepower, low downforce race.
Since Chastains engine failed in a low horsepower race at Charlotte, their engine provider Hendrick Motorsports vowed to provide better equipment and they have delivered on that promise. Not only are the HMS cars crushing the field every week, but the Chevys allied with Hendrick RCR and CGR are running up front too. Here are the results from Chastains five high horsepower races since the Charlotte issue: Watkins Glen (12th), New Hampshire (8th), Road America (7th), Nashville (2nd) and Sonoma (7th).
Those are impressive results, but DiBendettos results in this package are comparable: Watkins Glen (11th), New Hampshire (11th), Road America (10th), Nashville (25th) and Sonoma (23rd). With DiBendetto running close to Chastain, why risk it? For one, Chastain nearly won the the second Xfinity race at Darlington last season before wrecking on the last the lap, but thats not the biggest reason. The main reason to play Chastain has nothing to do with the numbers its all gut. The same reason that Chastain seemed like an easy play is the same reason to take Chastain in this matchup. Trust your eyes. Anyone that watches these races knows that Chastains arrow is pointing up and DiBenedettos is slumping toward the ground.
In the first Darlington race, Reddick finished 12th and Bell finished 14th. Theres more to that race than the results on the stat sheet. Within the first couple of laps in that race, Reddick got into the wall. Now that its playoff time, it would not be surprising to see Reddick aggressively wreck out of this race early and cash the Bell tickets.
Bells 14th place finish does not accurately reflect his performance. The high horsepower, low downforce race tracks have been Bells strong suit and Darlington was not any different. Bell started 21st and got to seventh early in stage 2, but a pit road penalty buried him in traffic. Bell battled back and was in fifth place on lap 287 of 293, but he had to pit under green for a flat tire. Bell could be a top-5 driver this weekend and Reddick could be a DNF.
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New Jersey Sportsbook NFL Week 1 Promos: Free Bets And Other Offers – TheLines.com
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Aside from maybe Texans fans, everyone is excited for Week 1 of the coming NFL season. Sportsbook operators included, which is why they have dangled tasty promotional offers in advance of Week 1. Garden State shops are no exception, with plenty of value available out there in the form of New Jersey sportsbook NFL Week 1 promos.
Which promos are out there and which ones can you specifically take advantage of in New Jersey? Read on to find out.
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NFL fans in New Jersey who have yet to make a DraftKings Sportsbook account are in luck.
In advance of the always highly anticipated Week 1, TheLines has partnered with DraftKings Sportsbook to offer our readers this exclusive special offer to new customers:
That offer comes in addition to the regular DraftKings Sportsbook welcome offers. New users will also get $50 free bet upon first deposit and 20% deposit match up to $1,000.
Plus, DK Sportsbook has listed a one-time boost on Tampa Bay in the NFL season opener. All users who opt in can get Bucs +73 at even money for a $50 wager. Thats plain old free money you dont want to miss.
Combine all of these offers and you can get $1,300 in added value from DraftKings Sportsbook by signing up for a new account today.
In addition to that, right up until the start of the season, DraftKings has revealed a sweepstakes-style contest called NFL Wild Cards. Both new and existing users can take advantage of this one.
Users receive randomized props in the form of cards. Should their prop hit, the user gets prizes and rewards. Example from their website: If J. Allen Throws For At Least 300 Yards in Week 1, you receive $5 DK Dollars.
The first Wild Card is free. Users can collect six Wild Cards until Sept. 13. A second Wild Card is obtained when a user places $100 in wagers or Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) entries. Wild Card No. 3 comes at the $300 mark, No. 4 at the $1,000 mark, No. 5 at $2,500, and No. 6 at $5,000.
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New customers who register from qualifying states NJ included can use the promo code PLAYBONUSwhen signing up and making their first deposit through our links. Once they do, they are eligible for up o a $1,000 risk-free bet with BetMGM. Essentially, BetMGM will award these users with a site credit matching their first bet if the selected bet grades out as a loss.
As always with free bets, terms and conditions apply, so be sure to read through BetMGMs house rules on free bets before formulating your strategy.
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New customers who register from qualifying states including NJ can use the promo code LEGALRFwhen signing up and making their first deposit. Once they do, they get up a $5,000 risk-free bet with Caesars. Essentially, Caesars will award these users with a site credit matching their first bet.
Again, take a good look at the terms and conditions.
Thats not all from Caesars. In the books continued aim to treat its customers like emperors, they offer extra futures payouts and promotional odds boosts. Theyre even giving away free jerseys from the official league shop.
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Needless to say, fairly obvious teams at the top of the futures board like Kansas City and Tampa Bay should net the most value there.
As for the boosts, here are a few NFL ones currently listed by Caesars New Jersey:
For the jerseys:
More Caesars Sportsbook New Jersey NFL Week 1 promos will surely be added as the season draws nearer.
FanDuel Sportsbook is also rolling out the red carpet for new users in New Jersey. If you sign up by clicking here then make your first deposit, FD Sportsbook will let you make your wager as a risk-free bet.
FanDuel counts your first bet as the determinant for this promotion. If you win your first bet, the promo expires and you get your payout as normal.
However, if the sportsbook grades your first bet a loss, FanDuel Sportsbook will issue a refund in site credit to your account equal to the amount of your first wager up to $1,000. So, if you deposit $1,000 and then bet that entire amount and lose, youd get the whole wager credited right back to you in site credit. That promotional credit expires in 14 days.
Similar to the above BetMGM bonus, FanDuel Sportsbook offers a futures bonus to entice player to make a wager of at least $50 in the Super Bowl winner market. Again, each regular season win by the selected team earns the bettor $5 in site credit.
The main difference on FD Sportsbook is the site credits are capped at $50, or 10 wins.
This promotion is open to all users who opt in.
Yet another shop in New Jersey offering a couple of promo options is SugarHouse Sportsbook.
New users on SugarHouse Sportsbook can take advantage of a 100% deposit match bonus up to $250. Just sign up through this link and use the promo codePLAY250.
The deposit bonus has a 1x playthrough requirement, meaning the user must wager at least that amount to turn it into cash. Only bets at odds of -200 moneyline or longer (i.e., -250 wouldnt qualify) count toward the playthrough.
Users have 30 days to clear the bonus.
Every Sunday during a special promotional period that started Aug. 1, SugarHouse gives NFL futures bettors the chance at scoring some extra cash.
Each Sunday, users who log in get a 25% boost on one NFL future placed in the next 24 hours max bet of $25, max extra winnings of $250. Odds on the future must be no higher than -200 once again.
Only one applicable Sunday Sept. 5 remains, so be sure to get this extra value locked in if youre in New Jersey.
Special to customers using sign-up links fromTheLines, new Unibet customers in New Jersey can get a risk-free bet worth up to $600. All you have to do is register your new account with Unibet and then use the bonus code BETBONUS.
Once youve made your first deposit, your first cash bet (minimum of $10) qualifies as risk-free. If the bet loses, Unibet will refund you a matching amount up to $600 in site bonus money.
Unibet New Jersey also promises daily odds boosts, and when NFL season gets rolling, many of those seem sure to center on NFL games.
Customers at PointsBet in New Jersey have access to a big welcome bonus if they are opening a new account and making their first deposit. They can get up to $2,000 in bonus money from risk-free bets $500 from a traditional fixed-odds bet and another $1,500 from a points bet.
An explanation of points betting is beyond the scope of this article. For a more in-depth explanation, head over to our PointsBet landing page and scroll down to the betting options section.
PointsBet isnt holding back in the creativity department either, with plenty of other interesting bonuses promised. Heres a look at a few they have
One of the New Jersey sportsbooks rolling out the biggest selection of NFL Week 1 promos is WynnBet.
First, well go over the new user bonus, which gives a chance for a risk-free bet up to $1,000. Newly depositing players (minimum $20) in qualifying states like New Jersey who sign up through our link and opt in get their first qualifying bet risk-free. Qualifying bets must be at least $20 and between odds of -150 and +10000, pregame only. If the bet loses, the customer gets a free bet in the matching amount.
Alternatively, new players could go for a different, more certain sign-up bonus. WynnBet also offers new players to bet $1 and win a $100 free bet on the Bucs vs. Cowboys season opener. Just sign up for a new account, opt in, deposit at least $20 and place a $1 moneyline wager on the game.
But if you already have a WynnBet account, fear not. They havent forgotten about their established customers either.
WynnBet has at least three more offers that everyone can take advantage of for Week 1 of the NFL season or even beyond:
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BetRivers Illinois NFL Week 1 Promos: Sportsbook Offers And Free Bets – TheLines.com
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The first week of the 2021 NFL regular season is fast approaching, and among the most excited parties for the leagues return are Illinois sportsbooks. BetRivers Sportsbook is among those competing for your betting budget with some NFL betting promos worth considering, and BetRivers Illinois NFL Week 1 promos are on their way.
As with any other promotions that sportsbooks offer, its crucial to read and understand all the conditions and terms before spending some of your money on the deals. Wise bettors should be judicious with their budgets in terms of the likelihood of actually getting the maximum value out of promos as well.
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BetRivers has just one offer live specifically for Week 1. Check back though, as we will update this article as more are announced. The sportsbook also has two other NFL offers and a new customer bonus as of Friday, Sept. 3.
New users interested in this offer and wagering on BetRivers Illinois NFL Week 1 promos can sign up for an account by clicking on the banner above or by clicking here and entering the bonus code PLAY250 during registration.
The deposit match only has a 1x play through requirement, meaning you only have to play your bonus funds once before being able to make a withdrawal. So if you deposit $250, youll have $250 in real money and $250 in bonus money for a balance of $500. Once you make $500 worth of bets, any bonus funds will convert to real money.
The BetRivers Sportsbook app is available for iPhone, iPad and Android.
For at least the rest of this year, Illinois requires eligible bettors to complete their account registration for online sportsbooks in person. So, if youre new to BetRivers in IL, youll have to make a trip to Rivers Casino in Des Plaines to register. Please note that even if youve already registered for an account with BetRivers in another jurisdiction, youll still need to visit the casino to verify your account for use in IL.
You can complete most of the process in the app if you need to make a new account. Youll need to provide BetRivers with the following information:
This profit boost is just for Chicagos regular-season opener at the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday, Sept. 12. The game is set to kick off at 7:20 p.m. To activate this promo, use the claim code CHICAGO when placing a bet with odds of -200 or longer on that game.
The maximum wager for this promo is $25. The maximum additional winnings you can receive, should you place a winning wager, is $250. While live bets are eligible for the profit boost, bettors who opt for an early cash-out of their bet forfeit the boost.
This promo ends the first Sunday of the regular season, Sept. 12. Until then, its valid once on each and every Sunday. After opting in, place any NFL futures wager (player awards, team win totals, division titles, Super Bowl champion, etc.).
You can use this promo once every Sunday over the next few weeks. If youre already signed up for BetRivers IL, log into the app and then navigate to the promotions. Tap on the promo. Then tap the opt-in button.
As far as the Bears NFC North promo goes, you must wager at least $50 on the Bears to win their division title this season by Sept. 9. If you do so, you will get a $5 free bet for each regular-season win added to your account on the following Tuesdays.
Its difficult to quantify that in exact terms. Thats because your chances fall and rise with the decisions you make along the way.
For the futures profit boost, here is our guide to betting futures.
For the deposit match, those that choose to put the entire deposit and bonus on one game will essentially be getting triple the potential payout from their original deposit amount. For example, lets say you deposit $100 and get the deposit match for a $200 account balance. You then place a $200 bet with +100 (even money) odds. If that bet wins, youll now have an account balance of $400 (instead of $200 without the deposit match) and have met the 1x play through requirement.
This level of bonus also opens the option to hedge on the opposite outcome of your bet to lock in some profits. Here is our guide on how to hedge a bet.
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PointsBet Illinois NFL Week 1 Promos: Sportsbook Offers And Free Bets – TheLines.com
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Chicago Bears fans, a new season full of possibilities is so very close. As these final days wane down until the Bears start the 2021 season in Los Angeles, Illinois sportsbooks are standing by to help you get some skin in the game. PointsBet Sportsbook is an official sports betting partner of the Bears, so theres no better way to maximize your plays than by getting in on some PointsBet Illinois NFL Week 1 promos.
All the details of PointsBets deals are here along with some vital information for how to make sure youre eligible to use them. If youre curious about your actual chances of getting some real value out of the promos as well, theres no reason to look any further.
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PointsBet is currently offering two NFL promos. There may be additional promos for other games yet. Bookmark this page, as we will update this article as more Week 1 promos are announced. PointsBet also has an offer for new customer sign-ups as of Friday, Sept. 3.
New users interested in this offer and wagering on PointsBet Illinois NFL Week 1 promos can sign up for an account by clicking on the banner above or by clicking here and entering the bonus code during registration.
The first step is to register your account. You can opt to go for just one of the free bets but you can try for both as well if you like. The two components to this promo are:
If youre unclear as to the difference between fixed-odds bets and points betting, check out this guide to points betting. You have to use real money to place these wagers, so getting the maximum value will necessitate a first deposit of $2,000. There are no minimum requirements for either wager, however, so you can customize these promos to your budget.
After making your deposit, place your bet(s). If you lose your first fixed-odds bet, PointsBet will give you a free bet equal to the value of your wager or $500, whichever is lesser. The same goes for your first points bet. If you lose, youll get a free bet equal to the value of your wager or $1,500, whichever is lesser. Of course, if you win both/either bet, youll get your payout as normal and that part of this promo will expire.
The PointsBet Sportsbook app is available for iPhone, iPad, and Android.
For the foreseeable future, Illinois law says you have to complete your account registration for online sports betting in person. That means if youve never bet with FanDuel online in IL, youll have to travel to one of three places in the state. Your choices are:
If youre an existing PointsBet customer, starting your use of the app in a place like neighboring Indiana or Iowa, you arent exempt from that requirement. You still have to verify your account for use in IL at one of those three locations. You can use the same credentials you already sign in with on the app, though. That will make the process a little quicker.
For Illinoisans who need to create a new account from scratch, its free and you can do almost the whole thing in the app. Youll just need to provide PointsBet with all of the following so the sportsbook can verify your identity:
These promos are for all customers. So, if youre new to PointsBet, you can enjoy both the free bets and these boosters. After signing into the app, navigate to the Booster Hub. Then opt-in and use some of your deposited funds to place a bet on this market of no more than $10 on the Brady boost and/or a maximum of $100 on the Mahomes prop.
The odds for both promos are +100, meaning youll double your money. Both of these bets are essentially totals markets for Brady/Wilson passing yards in the respective games. For the Brady bet, that line is set at zero. Youre taking the over on this one, as PointsBet gives you no other option.
So, as long as Brady records at least one yard passing in the game, PointsBet will grade this bet a win. If you bet the maximum amount, youd turn $10 into $20. For the Mahomes wager, the line is 260.5 yards. PointsBet has the odds on both sides of the market at +100. Your winnings for placing both/either wager will be actual cash you can withdraw if you want as well, not a free bet or site credit.
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Most bets wont be anywhere near that easy to win, so its a good idea to check out our guide to betting on the NFL. Beyond a lot of helpful information about terminology and best practices, there are tips for how to maximize the value of free bets.
Free bets can be fun to play with because you arent risking any of your money. This frees you to take some risks you normally wouldnt, setting yourself up to get a big profit at the same time should the unlikely actually happen. Thats just one way to use a free bet, though.
Another strategy is called hedging your bets. This is a way to set yourself up to come out even should a wager you make with funds you deposited fail to cash. Again, using the sportsbooks money instead of your own makes it so that you cant really lose.
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Book Review: The Rise of Harm Reduction in the War on Drugs – Undark Magazine
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The war on drugs may profess to be waged against narcotics, but it overwhelmingly targets people a view increasingly shared by experts on drug use. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, touched on this recently when she wrote about addiction stigma in STAT, noting that societal norms surrounding drug use and addiction continue to be informed by myths and misconceptions.
Starting in the 1980s, a rowdy group of individuals began advocating for a different approach to drug policy called harm reduction. These activists, researchers, social workers, attorneys, and others, from a myriad of different backgrounds, have focused on the harms of drug use not the drugs alone.
Maia Szalavitzs new book Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction is an in-depth history of a powerful idea, exploring many angles of drug policy, including prescription drug use, supervised consumption, and legalizing cannabis. Throughout, she also details the racial inequities and social justice tensions that have defined the drug war.
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Szalavitz, a science journalist, unwraps the many layers of harm reduction, a philosophy that has also been adopted in approaching sex work, restorative justice, Covid-19, and other areas. When it comes to illicit substances, harm reduction runs the gamut from sterile syringe access programs to supervised drug injection rooms to distributing the opioid-overdose antidote naloxone.
Depending on who you ask, harm reduction has many different definitions, including radical empathy which requires meeting people where theyre at. Szalavitz offers multiple interpretations, but writes that, simply: Harm reduction applies the core of the Hippocratic oath first, do no harm to addiction treatment and drug policy. This takes the focus off of psychoactive drug use itself.
Tracing the roots of the movement, Szalavitz introduces us to characters like the Goddess of Harm Reduction and the Johnny Appleseed of Needles, whose lives are dedicated to spreading evidence-based practices of harm reduction. Some advocates were arrested, ostracized by friends and family, or lost their lives to overdose.
For years, the U.S. government rejected harm reduction services, even going so far as to ban federal funding for needle exchange programs. But now there are jobs, conferences, and nonprofit organizations committed to harm reduction. And in President Joe Bidens budget for the 2022 fiscal year, $30 million has been earmarked for services like syringe access, the first time Congress has appropriated funds specifically for harm reduction, according to The New York Times.
Szalavitz follows the evolution of the movement, beginning with her own story in New York in the 1980s. Addicted to opioids during the height of the U.S. HIV/AIDS epidemic, the young writer had no clue that sharing syringes could spread the deadly new virus that was already killing so many. Yet between 55 and 60 percent of people who use intravenous drugs at the time were positive with the virus.
Ideally, of course, people who inject drugs should never share syringes. Doing so can spread bloodborne pathogens like HIV and hepatitis C. But ideal situations dont always exist in the world of street narcotics. So some public health agencies, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, began recommending a middle ground: If you must reuse a syringe, properly disinfect it using bleach and clean water, which by some estimations can greatly reduce the chances of contracting HIV (though certain sources say otherwise).
Before that knowledge became more widely known, a friends girlfriend taught Szalavitz this trick to lower her risk of infection, setting her life on a completely different course. She credits this fortuitous acquaintance with saving her life.
Szalavitz became enraged that no one had given her this simple advice. Why had she not encountered a public health campaign blasting this information to all who needed to hear it? But back then, Szalavitz says, few in government seemed to care about people who use drugs. It didnt seem fair or right to see anyone as being that worthless, Szalavitz writes. I needed to know, she adds, how to keep others from suffering the fate Id only narrowly avoided.
Harm reduction applies the core of the Hippocratic oath first, do no harm to addiction treatment and drug policy. This takes the focus off of psychoactive drug use itself.
Thus began a three-decade reporting career on harm reduction, drug policy, and crucially, science, that has spanned, as she likes to put it, from High Times to The New York Times (and includes Undark). In this book, she interviewed hundreds of people to catalog the first- and second-hand accounts of people who have helped bring harm reduction into the public consciousness.
The book takes us from Vancouver, Canada and San Francisco, California, to Liverpool, England. Throughout are gossipy details about regular people: their broken relationships and personal dramas, their allegiances and falling outs. This isnt the books main focus, but is a reminder that every movement involves a decent share of infighting and argument, tiny tests that demonstrate the resiliency of an idea.
To make harm reduction work, its progenitors needed to rely on strong research. In 1987 several drug activists in Liverpool started The Mersey Drugs Journal, where they documented local efforts and helped put the term harm reduction on the map. Because their ideas reached beyond the borders of Merseyside County, the publication was renamed The International Journal of Drug Policy. Currently issued by Dutch publishing monolith Elsevier, the peer-reviewed journal has an impact factor of 5.0 (meaning it is often cited by other researchers) and is indexed in 11 international databases.
By emphasizing conducting research on its efforts, harm reduction created an enormous intellectual obstacle for its opponents, Szalavitz writes. After all, if studies show that a policy doesnt reduce harm, it cant be part of harm reduction. And how can you oppose a policy that works?
Szalavitz has often been witness to harm reduction history, including an important 1991 court case that paved the way for legalizing syringe access in New York. It began in March of that year with the arrest of eight demonstrators from the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, commonly known as ACT UP, a grassroots political group that fought to end the HIV/AIDS crisis through civil disobedience. They were about to hand out sterile syringes on a Lower East Side intersection when the police swarmed the crowd and handcuffed the activists, charging them with needle possession.
Reporting for local outlets, Szalavitz witnessed the arrests and much of the trial, with opposing sides offering evidence for and against syringe access. Testifying for the defense was the citys former health commissioner, Stephen Joseph, who had notably clashed with ACT UP on numerous occasions. But this time he agreed with them, describing their actions as courageous, and drew a parallel to 19th-century British physician John Snow, who traced a cholera outbreak to a single London water pump, similar to how ACT UP activists traced HIV to unsterile injection needles and sought to eliminate the source of infection.
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The defense also presented evidence that syringe access programs reduce the transmission of infectious disease and encourage people who use drugs to enter treatment. One witness noted that the U.S. was nearly alone in the developed world in rejecting needle exchange, and pointed to supportive data from the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Australia. As Szalavitz writes, there was no scientific evidence that needle exchange caused harm all of the existing data showed the opposite.
Without refuting evidence, the prosecution lost their case and the door opened for needle exchange programs to be legalized in New York. Decades later, the data is even stronger for syringe access, a practice that has been championed by the CDC, the American Medical Association, and the World Health Organization.
Yet the fight for harm reduction is far from over. In mid-July, the Atlantic City Council voted to shut down New Jerseys largest needle exchange program, ignoring the objections of the citys health director and many other healthcare professionals. A similar scenario played out this year in Scott County, Indiana, which was the epicenter of a devastating HIV outbreak in 2015. Experts say a syringe program helped put a lid on the outbreak. Yet in June, Scott County commissioners voted to end the program.
And in July, President Biden tapped former West Virginia health commissioner Dr. Rahul Gupta to be director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. But some have criticized Guptas failure while commissioner to protect syringe access in West Virginia, which has consistently had the highest rate of overdose deaths in the U.S. in recent years, according to the CDC. The state severely restricted syringe exchange earlier this year, amid an HIV outbreak the CDC described as the most concerning in the country.
June 17, 2021 marked the 50th anniversary of the War on Drugs, in which President Richard Nixon declared drug abuse public enemy number one. Yet last year was by far the most deadly period in American history for drug overdoses. More than 92,000 people lost their lives, according to preliminary data from the CDC. This in spite of more than $1 trillion spent over four decades by the United States to enforce its drug policy.
The harm reduction movement offers a vastly different approach. It has also acknowledged, Szalavitz notes, that the drug war is historically documented to be deeply rooted in racism, not science, and has been disproportionately waged against people of color. The essence of harm reduction, Szalavitz, writes, is compassion and respect for the inherent dignity and value of human life.
A philosophy and strategy developed by drug users and researchers for drug users, however improbably, she continues, has gone global and proved to be a gift to public health.
Troy Farah is an independent journalist from Southwest California. His reporting on science, drug policy, and public health has appeared in Wired, The Guardian, Discover Magazine, Vice, and others. He co-hosts the drug policy podcast Narcotica. Follow him on Twitter @filth_filler.
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As we witnessed the agony of our nations withdrawal from Afghanistan, most of us thought that, after 20 years there, we were ending Americas longest war. But conventional wisdom is wrong.
The United States is still fighting the war on drugs that President Richard Nixon officially declared more than 50 years ago on June 17, 1971.
Both wars have been fueled by false assumptions. And when the concepts used to justify a war prove misguided, its reasonable to believe that our leaders, supported by the public, will change course. This is what caused us to leave Afghanistan. The same thing can happen with the war on drugs.
The false premises that have propped up the war on drugs are clear.
The first misguided assumption is that the best way to keep individuals from using, and too often abusing, drugs is to punish them.
Prohibition, which criminalizes drug use, does not work. As President Jimmy Carter famously observed, it is a cure worse than the disease. If punishment were a meaningful deterrent, we would have won the drug war long ago.
The second false assumption is that drug use, rather than the harm caused by drugs, should be the object of our concern and the metric by which we should define success. But our policy metric when it comes to drugs should be harm, not abstinence.
Tragically, it took the AIDS crisis in the early 1980s to even conceive of this approach. Its so obvious when you think about it. As AIDS spread, it became clear that individuals using drugs were being infected by sharing contaminated needles, and that such infections could be minimized by making clean syringes available.
Like the decriminalization of certain drugs, harm reduction enjoys growing public support. Clean needles are now available in 300 exchanges across the country, and a federal ban on such services has been lifted. Naloxone, an antidote which can quickly bring an individual back from drug overdose, is legal in 49 states and available over the counter; there are more than 120 overdose prevention sites throughout the world, where individuals can safely test their drugs and use them under medical supervision. We will have such a site in the United States very soon.
Making clear the false premises of the war on drugs helps us understand what an end to that war would look like. We also have proposed federal legislation that would get us there. On June 15, 50 years after Nixon declared his war on drugs, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, and Rep. Cori Bush, D-Missouri, working with the advocacy group Drug Policy Alliance, introduced the Drug Policy Reform Act.
This bill would decriminalize low-level possession of all drugs, treating such offenses like traffic violations. It would shift drug regulatory authority from the Department of Justice to Health and Human Services to emphasize that substance use is a health issue and not a criminal issue.
If passed, this bill would drive a stake through the heart of the war on drugs.
How close are we to the bills passing? Developing a national constituency for the Drug Reform Policy Act will require the same kind of state-by-state trench warfare that has brought us to the cusp of national marijuana legalization. Oregon took the first step in February 2021 when it decriminalized low-level possession of all drugs, in combination with access to 10 treatment centers across the state.
It has taken more than 50 years for policies to emerge that respond to the potential dangers of drug abuse and addiction with healing and compassion rather than the false assumptions that underlie punishment and incarceration.
It is time now to bring an end to what is, in fact, Americas longest war.
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Psychedelic drug legalization: where Vermont stands on mushrooms, more – Burlington Free Press
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How psychedelic drugs could be used to treat depression, anxiety, PTSD
California is on its way to decriminalizing psychedelics. Heres how this plays into the larger movement to legalize psychedelics across the country.
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As a January 2020 bill to decriminalizecertain hallucinogenic drugs in Vermont currently sits in committee, a grassroots petition was recently started to "legalize psychedelics for mental health in Vermont."
Garnering over 260 signatures over the past two weeks, the petition cites research from theJohns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research as evidence of the safety and mental health benefits of psychedelic drugs. Johns Hopkinshas found that psilocybin, also known as "magic mushrooms,"canhelp relievedepression, anxiety,nicotine addiction, and alcohol dependency.
The petition urges Vermont to follow in the steps of other parts of the countrythat have decriminalized certain psychedelics, which includeOregon; Denver; Ann Arbor, Michigan; Santa Cruz, California; and Washington, D.C.
Testing underway: Researchers focus on use of psilocybin to treat Parkinsons disease
Bill H.878, introduced byVermont State Representative Brian Cina (P/D-Burlington) would decriminalize "certain drugs commonly used for medicinal, spiritual, religious, or entheogenic purposes," including psilocybin, peyote, ayahuasca, and kratom.
"It's a waste of society's resources to criminalize behaviors that stretch to the roots of humanity," Cina said.
Psychedelic substanceshave been used by Indigenous people around the world for millennia from the Amazon basin to the Great Plains.We used this medicine before Jesus Christ walked this Earth," Indigenous healing artistLisaNa Macias Red Bear saidin an article by the publicationNEO.LIFE.
Growing trend: Megan Fox, Christina Haack are praising psychedelics. What medical experts want you to know.
This link between government regulation of psychedelics and the colonization of the Americas connects to the last argument of the Vermont petition: that the criminalization of psychedelics stems from racism and the war on drugs.
Psychedelics usage and research were drastically restricted in the 1970's and 80's as part of a crackdown onthe counterculture movement of the 1960's, writes journalism professor Don Lattin. Harvard University psychologist and"high priest" of psychedelics Dr. Timothy Leary was proclaimed the "most dangerous man in America" by Richard Nixon, whospearheaded the "war on drugs"in 1971.
In every year from 1980 to 2007, Black people across the U.S. were arrested on drug charges at a rate of 2.8 to 5.5 timesthat of white people, Human Rights Watch reports.
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Virgin Galactic ‘could really take off’ if it breaks above this level, trader says as space stock gets analyst love – CNBC
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Virgin Galactic could be setting up for a sustained move higher.
Jefferies initiated coverage of the space travel stock with a buy rating on Tuesday, sending shares nearly 9% higher in the day's trading. On average, analysts covering the stock see roughly 28% upside for the name, with the highest price target sitting 87% above Wednesday's levels.
With the company solidifying its position in space tourism having sent its founder, Richard Branson, on a historic space flight in July its stock is becoming more attractive for longer-term buyers, Simpler Trading director of options Danielle Shay told CNBC's "Trading Nation" on Tuesday.
"We can look at it as an investment, although risky, of course," Shay said.
"With this company in particular, I'm looking at this five to 10 years down the line," she said. "They're the first in this space, they're the first people that are actually offering space flights to consumers, and I do believe in the long term [the stock is] going to blow up."
Shay's first target was $35, roughly 28% above where Virgin Galactic was trading midday Wednesday.
"If you could get through 35, then I would look to a return to previous highs," she said. "But once you really start seeing more reservations and actually more flights come through, that is when the stock could really take off."
Virgin Galactic's all-time high was $62.80. The stock was trading just above $27 on Wednesday.
Another trader wasn't so eager to jump in.
"The long-term narrative is certainly interesting. I would be wary here," Nancy Tengler of Laffer Tengler Investments said in the same interview.
Not only would all of Jefferies' assumptions 660 flights per year and $1.7 billion in revenue by 2030 need to come to fruition for Virgin Galactic stock to really take off, but some of the "smart money" has also moved elsewhere, said Tengler, her firm's chief investment officer.
She pointed to chairman Chamath Palihapitiya selling his entire personal stake in the company in March and Branson's sale of a large chunk of his stake in August.
"I'm a little suspicious because there's a lot of enthusiasm, but when it comes time for people to put money down for their reservation right now they can just make a reservation I think we'll get a better sense of whether or not the estimates that Jefferies has come up with are in fact realistic," Tengler said.
Virgin Galactic announced plans to reopen ticket sales in its August earnings report. Prices begin at $450,000 per seat.
Disclosure: Danielle Shay owns shares of Virgin Galactic.
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Mashrur Ahmed Zidane | Published: September 04, 2021 00:04:36
We have all grown up watching space operas and space movies through which we have been fascinated by the idea of life beyond earth and the life of astronauts who have the privilege of doing space travels. Ever since the American astronaut Neil Armstrong put his foot on the moon, as the first human in the year of 1969, the fiction started to seem like a reality for many nations. Kalpana Chawla, from India, was one such dreamer who was able to fulfill her fantasy to visit the outer space. She was one of the most brilliant minds and the first Indian woman to go to outer space. Aboard her second flight however, which was named flight STS-107 carried by the Space Shuttle Columbia, hot atmospheric air entered the shuttle wing, as it re-entered into the Earth's atmosphere. This had damaged the shuttle wings during take-off which resulted in the shuttle breaking apart and killing all seven crew members, including Kalpana Chawla. But many, including her father, believe that Kalpana had been part of a conspiracy and NASA knew about it, all along that Columbia was destined for a disaster. Now the question might come as to how a person an be held responsible if he/she commits an act of crime in the outer space.In the 1967 Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, nations have ensured that they have legal jurisdictions well beyond the planet Earth. The Article VIII of the treaty specifically points out: "Whenever one nation that is a party to the treaty launches an object such as a spacecraft, satellite or space station into space, or builds one on a celestial body, that nation retains jurisdiction and control over it." So therefore, if for example, an US astronaut is accused of committing a crime such as a murder in outer space while the person is travelling by a NASA spacecraft or a commercial space vehicle which has been launched from the USA, the federal prosecutors or even the FBI would be able to arrest the accused person. The person can be brought back to earth for federal trial. But what will happen when there is a crime or a murder occurring in the International Space Station and when the accused is a murderer and the victims are citizens of two different countries?This provision is covered under Article 22 of the Intergovernmental Agreement of 1998, which is between the United States of America and other nations. The article states that such an issue could be solved through the process of consultation between the nations. But given the fact that companies such as Blue Origin and Space X are rapidly expanding plans to turn space travel into a reality, the day is not far when we might see a crime happening inside an orbital private sector hotel. Since the private sector would be making profit as their first priority rather than screening the individuals who are sent to space as NASA or other organisations do, chances of crime occurring in space are very high. Also, provided the fact that people from different nationalities are involved, in the development of the hotel once again in accordance with the 1967 Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, diplomatic negotiations are the only way to solve the issue of space crimes. If we revert to the case of Kalpana Chawla and the said conspiracy theory and compare it to a hypothetical scenario, an astronaut on a space walk may decide to cut off another astronaut's tether. In that case, the victim could spin off and possibly be drawn back to the Earth's atmosphere, where the person would be burned to death. In this case no nation can have a jurisdiction because the act would have occurred beyond an object or a celestial body controlled by a nation. This proves the need of the development of space laws but however every person who is going to the outer space has a national citizenship and therefore, it falls under the responsibility of the launching state, or of their state of citizenship, to make that person accountable for their actions in the outer space and do justice to that person.The complexity of Space crime, especially murder, arises when the accused person is brought on trial, because in that scenario there needs to be enough evidence which goes beyond reasonable doubt to prove that the particular person is guilty. In this case, Space Cops may be a good idea, to help the prosecution with the matter at hand but it would be an extremely costly affair, since space travel is very costly. In a time when space travel is in the process of becoming a reality, when missions to Mars seem only decades away, the International Community needs to come together to rewrite some of the laws in regards to outer space. Otherwise, the judges will have to take statutes and legal standards that were developed on Earth to deal with murder and other such crimes in the outer space. Even though there exists an inter-governmental organisation, namely United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) which promotes and facilitates peaceful international cooperation in outer space, the space laws are in need of a great amount of development for a better and safe future, beyond this planet.
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The ultimate flex: why watch brands are driven by the new space race – Sydney Morning Herald
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The sartorial decisions of astronauts are hardly labour-intensive. You have to wear a spacesuit and that is pretty much that. Clearly miffed by such restrictions, Jeff Bezos decided to go very big on his accoutrements when he blasted into space in July. Following his 11-minute flight, the tech titan stepped from his spacecraft onto the desert earth of west Texas in uncharacteristic garb. Bezos wore a cowboy hat and boots, presumably to labour the point about space being the last frontier.
Cranking up the symbolism, he then posed for pictures holding the goggles of female aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart. On his wrist, meanwhile, Bezos wore an Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Master Chronometer.
Jeff Bezos, in cowboy hat and Amelia Earhart goggles, has his eyes set on conquering space. Credit:Getty Images
To be fair, this was an unimpeachable choice, with Omega renowned as the watch brand that first conquered space. In the early 1960s, NASA bought a range of chronographs from different brands in a bid to find the most reliable watch for their astronauts. The watches were subjected to the most rigorous trials in the history of horology. The Speedmaster was the only one to pass.
Understandably, Omega has milked this lunar connection ever since and many Speedmaster models bear casebacks with the engraving: Flight Qualified for all Manned Space Missions. But theyre hardly the only watch brand to be fascinated with outer space. This year, Rolex released an Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph Daytona with a dial hewn from a 600 million-year-old meteorite. Other watches to have left the earths orbit include the Breitling Navitimer and the Seiko Pogue 6139.
This eagerness to shoot for the moon is driven by the positive brand associations. Space travel demonstrates a watchs technical resilience, while astronauts are intrepid figures that exude all the right stuff. Watches and space are therefore a marriage made, if not in heaven, then slightly below it, among the stars.
Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Master Chronometer; Rolex Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph Daytona; Breitling Navitimer.
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But its hard to overlook the fact that in the 21st century, a watch is less a time-telling device than a conspicuous status signifier. And space is the ultimate flex.
We can all see the moon, but for most of us its forever out of reach. Perhaps thats why so many of the worlds richest men Bezos, Elon Musk, Richard Branson are ploughing millions into launching their rockets. Any bog-standard oligarch can own a superyacht. To show you truly operate on the next level, the stakes are no longer sky-high, theyre intergalactic.
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