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Formerly Unhoused Bronx Congress Candidate Vows to Fight for Drug Users
Samelys López knows first-hand the inadequacy of New York City’s—and the nation’s—approach to housing. ...
People With Mental Health Diagnoses Left Out of “Historic” NYC Decarceration
The number of New Yorkers in the city’s infamous jail system hit what Mayor ...
Queens, NY Faces Nordic-Model Sex Work Crackdown
In 2019, the nation’s most diverse county narrowly missed a major opportunity to embrace ...
Mexican Police Accountability Data Missing from US-Backed Drug War Reports
The US State Department is failing to monitor its Mexico drug war projects that ...
Even Jails Are Decarcerating More Than State Prisons
State prisons’ efforts to decarcerate during the COVID-19 crisis seem to have been eclipsed ...
Growing Coca, Poppy May Be Latin Americans’ Economic Safety Net Amid Pandemic
The coronavirus crisis has interrupted transnational drug supply—but that might not last long, the ...
Racial Disparities Widen Despite Historic-Low NYC Drug Arrests in Lockdown
New York City drug arrests hit historic lows in the weeks after Governor Andrew ...
“Disturbing”—Cannabis Policing Meets Social Distancing Enforcement
On May 2, photos of New Yorkers congregating in some of the most affluent ...
Why Some Appalachian Pharmacies Refuse to Dispense Buprenorphine
Some pharmacies in Appalachia, a region hit hard by the opioid-involved overdose crisis, are ...
Emails Reveal Massachusetts Civil Commitment Staff Pathologizing Protest
Massachusetts has a civil commitment process on its books for people with substance use ...
