Sessi Kuwabara Blanchard 
“Crackhead” Is an Anti-Black Pejorative, Period
What’s up with this wave of crackhead jokes?” a Reddit user asked in a ...
“Hotbed of Corruption”—NY Lawmakers Condemn Sex-Work Policing Amid Calls to Defund Vice Squad
New York state assembly members and senators, as well as a NYC councilmember, are ...
Hep C Treatment Is Scarce Behind Bars—And Jeopardized Upon Release
In April 2010, Sean tested positive for the hepatitis C virus (HCV) in Seattle’s ...
DEA’s “Innovative” Strategy in New Orleans Encourages Ever-Harsher Prosecutions
On April 16, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) launched its latest punishment-driven, treatment-inflected response ...
The Justice Gap: Trump Budget Attack on Legal Aid Orgs Targets Drug Users, HIV-Positive People
Many of the policies peddled by the Trump administration sound like a broken record. ...
Trump Officials: Humanitarian Crisis at Mexican Border Distracts From Counter-Narcotics Ops
There is a humanitarian and national security crisis at our southern border,” announced Republican ...
Medical Marijuana Is Legal In Arizona–But This County Attorney Still Prosecutes Patients
Living in Yavapai County, Arizona, a jurisdiction smack-dab in the middle of the Southwestern ...
Vindictive Drug-Induced Homicide Charges Are Set to Surge in Chicago
Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson believes that drug-induced deaths are “becoming an epidemic” and that ...
#BreakThePatent: Activists Fight for Universal Access to Overpriced HIV Medication
Nothing for us without us!” In a spacious ballroom crowded with attendees at the ...
Inside the Legal Struggle Over Safe Consumption Spaces
On February 5, a group of protestors gathered outside the Philadelphia offices of William McSwain, ...
