Sessi Kuwabara Blanchard 
“I Can’t Breathe”—The Haunting Urgency of Juice WRLD’s Post-OD Album
Since the December 8, 2019 fatal overdose of Jarad Higgins—a Black rapper who went ...
FDA Greenlights Private Sector to Purge Websites Selling “Unapproved Opioids”
A new private-public partnership aims to purge the internet of “unapproved opioid” vendors in ...
Two National Prosecutor Groups Urge Opposite Pandemic Responses
One national prosecutors’ organization has thrown its support behind the criminal justice reform movement’s ...
The Paradox of an “Evidence-Based” Anti-Drug Media Campaign
The push for evidence-based drug policy is clashing head-on with a drug war rooted ...
Why Isotonitazene Is Not Yet the “New Fentanyl”
In the span of about a year, isotonitazene, a novel psychoactive substance (NPS), went ...
Canada Quietly Lifts Ban on Peer Injection Assistance at Safe Consumption Sites
On March 1, the Canadian harm reduction movement enjoyed a quiet win. Health Canada, ...
Locked in a Crowded TV Room: Pandemic Revelations From a Federal Prison
Like many others affected by the coronavirus crisis, Simon,* a 43-year-old Black man, was ...
Two Prominent COVID-19 Federal Prison Deaths’ Common Denominator? Joe Biden
“Don’t let yourself or your property get mixed up in the world of illegal ...
Narcan Inventor Condemns Indiana City Cops’ Suspension of OD Reversals
Some law enforcement organizations across Indiana have established policies that punish or prohibit the ...
Intubated Patients Need Fentanyl. The DEA Had Recently Cut Production.
As the pandemic sweeps the country, overwhelming intensive care units with patients in need ...
