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How Drug Policy Fuels the Genocide of Indigenous Women in Canada

Cherisse was 17 years old in 2009, and had recently given birth to a baby boy. A member of the…

June 6, 2019

Probation Officers Should Never Direct Medical Care for People With OUD

The Oregon State Senate voted in April to decrease barriers to lifesaving medical treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD). Senate…

June 6, 2019

People Who Use Drugs Are Still Dying From Preventable Hepatitis A

Since an initial outbreak in Michigan in August 2016, hepatitis A (HAV) continues to flare up across the country, according…

June 5, 2019

Oakland Decriminalizes Psychedelic Mushrooms and Plants in Council Vote

On June 4, the City Council of Oakland, California unanimously voted in favor of a resolution to decriminalize naturally-occurring psilocybin…

June 5, 2019

Vietnam Vets Proved That Addiction Is a Product of Life Circumstances

For most people addiction is situational and of limited duration. In some cases, such as people in war zones, the…

June 5, 2019

“Spit-and-Acquit” Embodies a Californian DA’s Dystopia

Here’s a good formula for dystopia: a ”spit-and-acquit” program to create a genetic surveillance system in return for non-prosecution of…

June 4, 2019

Denial of Methadone Devastates Incarcerated People: What Hope?

When people who are dependent on opioids are incarcerated and denied access, they go into withdrawal—an often-painful condition with symptoms…

June 4, 2019

Mexico Public Health Agency Lashes Out Against Tobacco Harm Reduction

Mexico's consumer health protection agency has effectively denounced the US Food and Drug Administration's recent approval of IQOS, a heat-not-burn…

June 4, 2019

Data Platform Scores California Police Departments a Resounding “F” for Racial Bias

Every person in prison is a policy failure," is a common phrase in abolitionist circles. But of course it's not…

June 3, 2019

How One City Invests Cannabis Tax Dollars Into Black-Owned Businesses

Small cannabis business-owners of color in Portland, Oregon are getting a serious leg-up in the legal industry at a time…

June 3, 2019