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DPA’s Leader Shares Her Roots, Health Challenge and All-Drug Decrim Agenda

A formidable background in human rights advocacy and scholarship certainly qualifies Maria McFarland Sanchez-Moreno for her role as executive director…

December 20, 2018

“Lawyerless Transactions”—BK Diversion Program Offers Treatment, Risks Rights

I heard one of our regular participants at the syringe exchange got arrested,” says Alyssa Aguilera, co-executive director of VOCAL-NY.…

December 19, 2018

“A 0.17 Percent Chance”—Is NFL Player Eric Reid Being Repeatedly Targeted for Drug Testing Because of Anthem Protest?

Eric Reid, an NFL player known for protesting police violence against Black communities alongside Colin Kaepernick, has been repeatedly drug…

December 18, 2018

Let’s Support MAT Without Propping Up the Disease Model of Addiction

I’m proud of my home state of Vermont. We have received some deserved national press in the last two years…

December 18, 2018

Medical Providers Are Failing Queer Men of Color Who Use Crystal Meth

Increasing rates of crystal methamphetamine use amongst Black and Latino queer men is often overlooked in the media. In response,…

December 17, 2018

UN Office on Drugs and Crime’s Opioid Strategy Ignores What’s Most Proven to Work

Earlier this year, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) launched an initiative to tackle what they dubbed…

December 17, 2018

Yale Gets an F for Student Mental Health (Harvard Got a D Minus)

Ivy League colleges are failing students who struggle with mental health, according to a new report published by the Ruderman…

December 17, 2018

We Need to Reduce the Harms of Draconian Tobacco Policies

Harm reduction shouldn’t just seek to reduce the harm caused by drugs, but also the harm caused by drug policies,” tweeted…

December 17, 2018

For Youth in My City, Marijuana Is the Go-To Treatment for Trauma

For children like me who grew up in Richmond, California, our lived experiences are very different than our peers who…

December 13, 2018

New Report Ranks Every State by Overall Health, Including Drug-Related Deaths

United Health's 2018 Annual Report of America's Health Rankings, the "longest-running annual assessment of the nation’s health on a state-by-state…

December 13, 2018