Tana Ganeva

    Tana is a reporter covering criminal justice, drug policy, immigration and politics. She’s written for the Washington Post, RollingStone.com, Glamour, Gothamist, Vice and the Stanford Social Innovation Review. She also writes on Substack. She was previously deputy editor of The Influence, a web magazine about drug policy and criminal justice, and served for years as managing editor of AlterNet. She lives in New York City.

    Mayor Adams Pushes SUD Involuntary Commitment Law for New York State

    On August 14, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced the “Compassionate Interventions Act.” ...

    Trump’s “Sick” Executive Order Targets Unhoused People and Harm Reduction

    On July 24, President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order that allows—and incentivizes—states ...

    People Who Use Drugs Among Victims of Trump’s Assault on USAID

    On January 30, employees at TB HIV Care received a letter informing them that ...

    Child Drug Exposure Cases, and the Vilification of Parents Who Use Drugs

    The woman, flanked by detectives in the video, hangs her head as they cuff ...

    NY Cases Underline Harms of Drug Testing During Pregnancy

    Jane* didn’t think much about the Sam’s Club salad she’d eaten days before she ...

    Confirmed Executions for Drug Convictions Surge to New Global High

    In July 2016, three Nigerians and one Indonesian were ferried to Nusa Kambangan, known ...

    Vermont on the Verge of Authorizing Safe Consumption Sites

    The Vermont House of Representatives passed a bill on January 11 to allow health ...

    Calls for Coerced Treatment as Oregon Decrim Under Threat

    By the time Morgan Godvin stood before a judge in Portland, Oregon, her life ...

    New York Post’s Latest Attack on Harm Reduction “a Disgrace”

    The overdose crisis took 3,026 lives in New York City in 2022—the highest figure ...