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2020 Democrats’ Misguided Call to Jail Pharma Execs for Opioids

Several candidates for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination spoke about opioids Tuesday during the CNN/New York Times debate in Westerville,…

October 17, 2019

The Death Penalty for Drugs: What Public Opinion Surveys in Asia Teach Us

One year ago, the newly elected government of Malaysia officially announced its intention to abolish the death penalty. This was…

October 17, 2019

How Psychedelic Exceptionalism Harms Drug Users

Do you feel that some drugs are inherently worse for the user than others?” A man had approached the stage…

October 16, 2019

Portugal Mayor Supports Recriminalizing Public Drug Use

Talk of drug decriminalization is buzzing in the United States as Democratic presidential candidates, like Pete Buttigieg and Andrew Yang,…

October 15, 2019

Murders of Homeless People in NYC’s Chinatown Reflect a Crisis Decades in the Making

On Saturday October 5, a man attacked five people, four of whom were homeless, in the Chinatown district of downtown…

October 15, 2019

The Consequences of an Incompetent First Step Act Rollout

Timothy Walker, 52, enjoys cooking and used to own a food truck in Philadelphia that sold sandwiches, hot dogs, and…

October 15, 2019

Listening to Marginalized Afghan Women: Stories of Survival

Afghan women whose lives involve drug use, sex work or having multiple sexual partners usually keep these parts of their…

October 13, 2019

How Drug War Prosecutors Cynically Exploit Rape Survivor Advocacy

One of the biggest crises in law enforcement is the rape kit “backlog”—which is more like rape kit sabotage. Since…

October 11, 2019

An On-the-Ground Look at Duterte’s Bloody Drug War

Few Americans have come face-to-face with the foot soldiers—both cops and encouraged vigilantes—of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte's war on people…

October 10, 2019

Pressure Mounts on NY Gov. Cuomo to Authorize Safe Consumption Sites

New York safe consumption site (SCS) advocates have been fueled by last week's landmark decision in Philadelphia, when Judge Gerald…

October 10, 2019