Sessi Kuwabara Blanchard 
Politicians, Cops Skirt Responsibility for NYC’s New Jails
Do you think we need more jails?” I ask. It’s cold and grey. I’m ...
What Harm Reductionists Think About Sesame Street’s Addiction Representation
Sesame Street, the long-running children’s television show, has taken on issues ranging from exercise ...
The Consequences of an Incompetent First Step Act Rollout
Timothy Walker, 52, enjoys cooking and used to own a food truck in Philadelphia ...
Trans Justice? End Job Discrimination—And Sex Work Criminalization
On October 8, the United States Supreme Court is considering whether firing a person ...
How a Misapplied Needle Exchange May Harm Incarcerated People
A needle exchange program in seven federal prisons in Canada is at the center ...
Chemsex Invisibility May Explain Missing Meth Use in UK Data
Regular methamphetamine and mephedrone use is nearly nonexistent in the United Kingdom—that is, if ...
National Guard Drops $100K on Fentanyl Fear-Mongering Classes for Cops
The ongoing panic around fentanyl, a potent opioid that is driving the overdose crisis, ...
How America’s War on Drugs and War on Terror Go Hand-in-Hand
The United States has not always been committed to upholding opium prohibition in Afghanistan. ...
Increasing Asian-Pacific Islander Overdose Deaths Were Ignored by NYC Report
Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) New Yorkers saw the largest spike in overdose ...
How Harm Reduction Is Serving—and Failing—Asian Americans
The “4th wave of the overdose crisis” has arrived, tweeted Brett Giroir, a top ...
