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The Drug Policy Reform Movement Debates Its Next Moves

"We have a saying in Pakistan,” smiled the taxi driver. We were discussing two-year-olds as we drove out of St.…

November 12, 2019

How Might Chesa Boudin’s Win Impact People Who Are Homeless?

In a number of US cities where more people are now living without a place to call home, disdain for…

November 12, 2019

Grappling With the “Promise and Perils” of Public Health

Speakers on a November 7 panel at the Drug Policy Alliance’s Reform conference in St. Louis eloquently examined the complex…

November 9, 2019

Trump Demanded⁠—And Now Won⁠—The Death Sentence for Chinese Fentanyl Traffickers

China is making good on its commitment to President Donald Trump to apply the death penalty to fentanyl manufacturers. On…

November 8, 2019

Vapes and Lung Disease: The CDC’s Lesson in How Not to Handle an Illness Outbreak

Optimally resolving a nationwide outbreak of any illness involves the cooperation of not only countless local, state and federal agencies,…

November 7, 2019

The Overdose Crisis’s Move Out West Is Nothing New

In July 2019, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released preliminary data suggesting that national overdose deaths slightly…

November 7, 2019

Can Harm Reduction Finally Take Root in America’s Schools?

In my second year in junior high in Philadelphia, I sat with two dozen peers, waiting for the start of…

November 7, 2019

What Kentucky, Mississippi Gubernatorial Results May Mean for Medicaid

Citizens in Kentucky and Mississippi voted in their gubernatorial elections November 5, in two contests that were pivotal to the…

November 6, 2019

A Mixed Election Night for Reform Prosecutors: The Key Results

November 5 saw a raft of important county-level prosector elections around the country, and most of the results are now…

November 6, 2019

Trump Wants War With Mexico’s So-Called Drug Cartels

Nine US citizens belonging to a Mormon community in Mexico were killed on November 4 by unknown gunmen. Just a…

November 5, 2019