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Brooklyn DA Clears Thousands of Marijuana Warrants, While Police Continue to Arrest on Low-Level Possession Charges

“We are doing something that has never been done before in the State of New York,” Brooklyn District Attorney Eric…

September 25, 2018

Stepping Out of “the Racist Footprints of a Disgraceful Past,” South Africa Decriminalizes Cannabis

On September 18, South Africa became the latest nation to decriminalize cannabis. The country's highest court ruled that cannabis—or dagga,…

September 25, 2018

The Podcast Tracing the History of Opioid Addiction Treatment in America

“Treating America’s Opioid Addiction,” an ongoing three-part podcast miniseries by the Science History Institute's magazine Distillations, details America's cultural and medical…

September 25, 2018

“They Want Us Dead”—Anti-Trafficking Laws Attack Drug-Using Sex Workers

I remember the day Backpage went down this year: April 6. I’d been working at a feverish pace, lining up…

September 25, 2018

Over 200 Philly Heroin Users Poisoned Over the Weekend, Potentially Due to “K2”

Philadelphia has become ground zero for an unusual series of poisonings from heroin and/or fentanyl adulterated with a substance believed…

September 25, 2018

ACLU Sues Jails for Withholding Life-Saving Addiction Treatment Drugs

County jails in Washington, Massachusetts and Maine are facing lawsuits filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The lawsuits…

September 24, 2018

As a Cop, I Know Police Contempt for Drug Users Is Still Widespread—And It Comes From the Top

  “Don’t bother replacing the injections. Let nature take her course!” —Comment from a law enforcement-only forum, referencing naloxone provision;…

September 20, 2018