Sessi Kuwabara Blanchard

    Sessi is an independent drug journalist and drug-user activist. She lives in New York City.

    Pleas and Anger in Public Comments on Youth E-Cig Use

    Throughout 2018, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has tried to stymie rising ...

    Medical Providers Are Failing Queer Men of Color Who Use Crystal Meth

    Increasing rates of crystal methamphetamine use amongst Black and Latino queer men is often ...

    New Report Ranks Every State by Overall Health, Including Drug-Related Deaths

    United Health’s 2018 Annual Report of America’s Health Rankings, the “longest-running annual assessment of ...

    US States Ranked for Total Rates of “Correctional Control”—Taking Into Account Parole and Probation

    The United States is the global leader in incarceration, with nearly 2.3 million people locked up. But ...

    Seven Ways (Just for a Start) the War on Drugs Violates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

    Global leaders celebrate Human Rights Day each December 10—often touting their own violent anti-drug ...

    Duterte Announces That His Murderous Drug War “Furthers Human Rights”

    In the ultimate ironic observance of the 70th anniversary of the December 10, 1948 signing ...