Alexander Lekhtman

Philly Activists Rally Against Kensington Crackdown, Attacks on Harm Reduction

Philadelphia advocates are speaking out against the city for targeting both people who use drugs and harm reduction provision, in…

March 8, 2024

Indigenous Tribe’s Plan to Sell Cannabis Sparks Sovereignty Battle

An Indigenous American tribe is fighting for its right to sell cannabis, after voting in favor of legalization last fall.…

March 7, 2024

San Francisco Votes on Prop F, to Drug-Test People on Public Benefits

San Francisco voters head to the polls on March 5 to weigh in on Proposition F, which would require people…

March 5, 2024

St. Louis Weighs What to Do With the Shuttered “Workhouse” Jail

For years, St. Louis activists have fought to shut down the city’s notorious Medium Security Institute, better known as the…

March 1, 2024

Do Cannabis “Desert” States Arrest More People After Neighbors Legalize? Probably Not.

Cannabis legalization has spread to states once considered unlikely, like conservative-leaning Missouri and Ohio. Law enforcement in neighboring cannabis "desert"…

February 29, 2024

California’s Prop 1 Would Expand Forced Treatment, Advocates Warn

On March 5, California voters will decide on Proposition 1. The ballot measure, backed by Governor Gavin Newsom (D) would…

February 28, 2024

End of Wisconsin Gerrymander Offers Hope for Drug Policy Reform

Wisconsin politics could be transformed after Governor Tony Evers (D) signed new legislative maps into law on February 19. The…

February 23, 2024

Fears for Drug Users and Many Others After Indonesia’s Presidential Election

Indonesia appears to have chosen an authoritarian-minded former general with a harrowing human rights record as its next president. Preliminary…

February 22, 2024

MDMA Close to Being Legal Medicine, as FDA Grants Priority Review

MDMA is getting ever closer to becoming a legal medicine. The federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is now expediting…

February 15, 2024

How Reducing Homelessness Would Reduce Drug-Related Deaths

New research has indicated the extent to which cutting rates of homelessness would save lives by preventing drug-related deaths. The…

February 13, 2024