Alexander Lekhtman 
Puerto Rico Governor’s Drug-Decrim Remarks Prompt Skepticism
Does Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia support decriminalizing drugs? He just gave a ...
Laypeople Administering Naloxone More Often, Per 911-Call Data
In cases where 911 is called, more bystanders than previously have been using naloxone ...
Maryland Cancels Supervision, Drug-Testing Debt for Everyone on Parole
Maryland has canceled the more than $13 million in debt that residents on parole ...
LA Voters Weigh Quarter-Penny Tax Increase for Homelessness Crisis
Los Angeles County voters will soon decide whether to approve a sales tax increase ...
Multnomah County, Oregon, Begins Its Post-Decrim “Deflection” Strategy
Oregon recriminalized drug possession on September 1—overturning the voter-approved Measure 110, which decriminalized simple ...
License Fees a Sticking Point as Colorado Plans Legal Psilocybin Services
The clock is ticking for legal psilocybin therapy to begin in Colorado. In 2022, ...
US Drug Enforcement’s Role in the Current Violence in Sinaloa, Mexico
A major outbreak of violence in Culiacán, Mexico, spotlights United States drug war tactics ...
Over 200,000 Arrests for Marijuana Possession in 2023, Per FBI Data
Hundreds of thousands of people are still being arrested for marijuana possession in the ...
For NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Abuses, Discipline Is “Close to Nonexistent”
Over a decade after the New York City Police Department’s notoriously racist “stop-and-frisk” practice ...
CA Proposes “Treatment-Mandated Felony” Sentence for Drug Possession
In 2014, California voters passed a ballot initiative that punished most drug possession and ...
