Sessi Kuwabara Blanchard

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

    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 ...

    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 ...

    An Indiana Police Dept. No Longer Reversing Overdoses During Pandemic

    An Indiana law enforcement department has suspended police administration of naloxone, the opioid overdose ...