Lieutenant Diane Goldstein (Ret.) is a 21-year veteran of the Redondo Beach Police Department in California. She is the executive director of the Law Enforcement Action Partnership, a group of police, prosecutors, judges and other criminal justice professionals who oppose the War on Drugs and advance sensible criminal justice policy solutions.
Diane is a member of the board of directors of The Influence Foundation, which operates Filter.
A national ban on menthol cigarettes is inching closer. This month, the United States Food and Drug Administration will publish…
Tributes have flowed after the death on September 6 of Michael K. Williams, the beloved actor and advocate for marijuana…
I have a million stories about my older brother, Billy, that exemplify the harms of the United States criminal justice…
Criminal justice reform has made significant advances during my time in the movement. But the continuing influence of the carceral…
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The brutal killing of Ahmaud Arbery, by a retired member of law enforcement and his son in Brunswick, Georgia on…
Our society’s emphasis on drug-law enforcement and the stigmatization and punishment of people who use drugs is driven in significant…
The New York Chapter of Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM), the prohibitionist organization led by Kevin Sabet, has submitted a…
In January 2019, Filter published a report about an organization called the National Police Association, which had recently filed an…
Last month the National Police Association (NPA) filed an ethics complaint against Rachael Rollins, the new district attorney for Suffolk…