Drugs + Money
Biden Ending Federal Contracts With Private Prisons; Private ICE Detention Continues
On January 26, President Joe Biden signed a series of executive actions focused on ...
Why We Need Public Financing for Prosecutor Election Campaigns
There is an elephant in the room for some on the left who count ...
Could Biden Make His Country’s Global Drug War Even More Imperialist?
As President Joe Biden takes office, he has before him a proposed plan to ...
Congress Poised to Restore Drug War Victims’ Federal Student Aid Eligibility
Lawmakers have greenlit a massive COVID-19 relief bill containing a provision that would end ...
States Squander Opportunity of Billions of Dollars in Federal Treatment Grants
The overdose crisis is claiming a historic number of lives almost every year in ...
“Here to Make It Less Dangerous”—The Work of a Dark-Web Drug Seller
In today’s bifurcated illicit drug trade, it’s increasingly common for transactions to occur anonymously, ...
Life as a Criminalized Vapes Dealer in Buenos Aires
Natalia is sitting in a leather chair in the corner of her office. “I ...
Follow the Money: Why Marijuana Research Tells Us the Same Old Story
Scientific research enriches minds but drains wallets. In the US and globally, public and ...
The Frightening Future and Past of Cop “Mutual Aid”
Mutual aid organizing is experiencing something of a renaissance amid the coinciding crises of ...
Breaking Down a Model Bill to Decriminalize All Drugs
On August 6, the Drug Policy Alliance* released a detailed proposal to decriminalize all ...
