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Where US Psychedelic Decriminalization Efforts Stand Right Now

The cities of Denver, Colorado and Oakland, California made history this spring by decriminalizing, respectively, psilocybin mushrooms and all federal…

November 15, 2019

Analyzing Ayanna Pressley’s Justice Guarantee

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) just filed a non-binding resolution in the US House of Representatives calling for sweeping criminal justice…

November 15, 2019

Meth Has Many Medical Benefits. Stigma Holds Them Back.

Ask your doctor about methamphetamine. It's not a phrase you'll ever hear on TV or the radio, but here's a…

November 15, 2019

A Determined Group of Newark Residents Fights for Clean Drinking Water

On the streets of Newark, New Jersey, a fledgling group of community activists has come together to protect fellow residents…

November 14, 2019

Indiana Judges’ Violent Brawl Highlights the Hypocrisy of the System

Judges are generally held out as impartial, emotionally even-keeled arbiters of the law. Perhaps ignorance is bliss. That’s what Indiana…

November 14, 2019

Screen Depictions of Parents Who Use Drugs Still Fuel Stigma and Punishment

Let’s play a game. I’m going to describe a scene, and you guess which movie it’s from. A thin, Black…

November 14, 2019

Equipping Defense Attorneys to Fight Drug-Induced Homicide Charges

Amid the overdose crisis, drug warrior district attorneys across the US have added a new tool to their prosecutorial arsenal:…

November 13, 2019

Watch: Congresswoman Barbara Lee Urges Cannabis Justice

On November 9, Representative Barbara Lee (D) of California's 13th Congressional district ("the wokest district in the nation!" as she…

November 13, 2019

Bringing the Worker Co-Op Revolution to Legal Weed

It turns out that folks would rather be the CEO of a dollar than the co-owner of one thousand dollars,”…

November 13, 2019

Study: How Punitive Policies Harm Pregnant Drug Users

The United States has state-level laws that criminalize pregnant people who use drugs, separate families, and require clinicians to report…

November 13, 2019