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Existence of Secret Anti-Marijuana Committee Confirmed by ONDCP

On October 1, Buzzfeed News published a leaked letter from Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) acting director James…

October 2, 2018

Why California Has Largely Been Spared Fentanyl Deaths—So Far

America's crisis of drug-overdose deaths has largely spared California. At 11.2 deaths per 100,000 people in 2016, California's rate of…

October 2, 2018

In Defense of Juul, After the Latest Media Hit-Piece

The media frenzy against Juul, the US market leader in vaping products, is on steroids—and this feeds directly into actions…

October 2, 2018

“People Will Die Because of his Veto”—California Governor Jerry Brown Rejects San Francisco Supervised Consumption Spaces

On September 30, California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed Assembly Bill 186, a bill that would have authorized San Francisco to…

October 1, 2018

Mass Bail Out of Hundreds of NYC Prisoners Begins

On October 1, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFKHR) and a coalition of grassroots organizations launched Mass Bail Out, a…

October 1, 2018

Drug Laws and Stigma Are Major Factors in #WhyIDidntReport

On September 21, a week before Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee, President Trump tweeted: "I…

October 1, 2018

Kavanaugh and the Paradox of Outgrowing Alcoholic Identity, But Not Moral Culpability

At this point, we don’t need to introduce Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court nominee so credibly accused of multiple sexual…

October 1, 2018

“More Like Retail Than Healing”—Can the Opioid Crisis Bring Health Equity to Our Medical System?

Fifteen years ago, with an EMT colleague and an armed police officer, I arrived as a novice 25-year-old paramedic to…

September 30, 2018

Is This the Last Drug Czar? As Someone Who Worked in the ONDCP, I Hope So

When I began working as a research assistant at the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) in…

September 26, 2018

Trump Got 129 Countries to Sign His Backwards Drug Plan

On September 24, President Trump welcomed the United Nations General Assembly to a "High-level Event on Counter Narcotics," where he…

September 26, 2018