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There has been a spate, in recent years, of public defenders speaking out against injustice, then getting in trouble for…
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In 2012, the Chicago Police Department (CPD) collected data on everyone arrested in the last four years, and used it…
Santa Fe, New Mexico is emphasizing alcohol harm reduction in its plan to radically restructure the Southwestern municipality's drug policy…
A lawmaker in San Diego County, California is urging his colleagues to rethink a 20-year-old ban on syringe exchanges. By…
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Ironically, the conversation that spurred a peer-support specialist at a buprenorphine program to yell me out of the room was…