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Alcohol Harm Reduction: A World of Growing Possibilities

In her early professional life, Louise liked to unwind with wine. She loved the way it looked in a glass;…

August 17, 2020

Rx Opioid Users Have More Labor Rights Than Heroin Users

In the United States, access to disability accommodations and protections are not guaranteed to all employees with opioid use disorders.…

August 17, 2020

Kamala Harris Was Mocking “Schools Not Jails” Not So Long Ago

When Kamala Harris was still San Francisco’s district attorney in 2010, she delivered a talk at the Commonwealth Club where…

August 13, 2020

How the Pandemic Hit People Who Use Drugs, in Their Own Words

In some ways, the coronavirus pandemic has hit marginalized people who use drugs the hardest. Harm reduction facilities have been…

August 13, 2020

Study: Overdose Deaths Stratified Among Latinx People

At first glance, national data suggest that Latinx people are suffering fewer fatal overdoses compared to other racial groups. Upon…

August 12, 2020

How Would Dismantling the DHS Affect the War on Drugs?

It's time to abolish the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), writes ACLU Director Anthony Romero in an August 9…

August 12, 2020

Methadone Patients’ Data Poised to Be Entered Into PDMPs

Starting August 14, methadone patients face the very real possibility that their long-protected privacy will be gone. The Substance Abuse…

August 12, 2020

Law Enforcement Unions Sue for Fear LA Will Vote to Fund Communities, Not Cops

A diverse group of Los Angeles labor organizations, helmed by law enforcement, is working to block voters from deciding whether…

August 11, 2020

Why the Drug User Liberation Front Gave Out Free, Checked Drugs in Vancouver

The Drug User Liberation Front, a Vancouver-based activist group, made a serious statement on June 23. During a protest in…

August 11, 2020

Will Californians Vote to Eliminate Cash Bail in November?

Voters in the nation’s largest state will have the chance in November to decide directly on a key policy impacting…

August 10, 2020