On August 29, 2020—a date I had been counting down to for 10 years—I walked out of South Central Correctional…
Few spaces are as hostile as the tobacco harm reduction (THR) policy debate. Lawmakers, media, ideologically-driven researchers, nonprofits and public…
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is not only continuing to incarcerate people past the point when they should have…
Even as British Columbia’s Ministry of Health was caving to right-wing panic over “diversion” of safe supply drugs, its public…
Connecticut senators have introduced a bill to authorize an overdose prevention center (OPC) pilot project. SB 195 was proposed February…
“No puedo respirar!” Geraldo Lunas Campos yelled as guards pinned him down. I can’t breathe. The moments leading up to…
On February 5, North Carolina Governor Josh Stein (D) signed an executive order titled “Protecting North Carolinians Through Stronger Behavioral…
In a small but sunny kitchen in the Downtown Eastside (DTES), a vat of cooked pasta and some surplus vegetables…
A mandate to ban nicotine vapes was enshrined in Mexico’s constitution in early 2025—a step described as “essential” by President…
For the past decade I worked at the print plant at South Central Correctional Facility, one of the few jobs…