Sessi Kuwabara Blanchard

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

    Court Reins In Social Workers’ Power in Drug-War Child Removals

    Social workers are overlooked actors in the drug war, separating parents who use drugs ...

    San Antonio’s War on Street-Level Sex Workers

    On a late August afternoon, a woman with shoulder-length brown hair asked a passing ...

    What Zoom Can Mean for Quarantined Chemsex Participants

    University lectures, business meetings and friendships are increasingly being uploaded to the video conferencing ...

    Surviving an Overdose Can Get Midwesterners Evicted

    Renters are being evicted across Illinois, Ohio and Wisconsin for simply surviving an overdose. ...

    Naloxone Now Used as Evidence to Prosecute Indiana OD Victims

    An Indiana county attorney and police chief are working together to prosecute people who ...

    Iowa Law Enforcement Alleged to Be “Moving Force” in Meth Death

    In May 2019, Alex Billmeyer died from methamphetamine intoxication after being held in a ...

    Banning GHB at Raves Is Dangerous

    I slipped out of a stall in the dimly lit basement bathroom of a ...

    Harm Reductionist on Hunger Strike Against Alleged Civil Commitment Rights Violations

    A prominent harm reductionist is allegedly facing numerous rights violations by a Massachussetts civil ...