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Why Drug Dealers Are the Wrong People to Blame for the Overdose Crisis

Tyrique Wise was working at his self-owned painting and pressure washing business in Southern Shores, North Carolina, when the police…

October 23, 2018

A Drug-Free World is “Unrealistic and Unachievable:” Report on the Past 10 Years of Global Drug Policy

On October 21, the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDCP)—a global network of 177 NGOs—released Taking Stock: A Decade of Drug…

October 22, 2018

“A Tidal Wave of PTSD”–How the War on Drugs Impacts Cops Ordered to Fight It

No one can claim that Nic Castle isn’t brave. “I was tracking one of the major drug dealing gangs in…

October 22, 2018

Cannabis Conviction? The First Ever National Expungement Week Begins

Expungement is going national. The process of having prior cannabis convictions wiped—and beginning to repair the many harms caused by…

October 19, 2018

The Harm Reduction Movement: Bigger Than Ever, But Facing Threats

If numbers gauge the health of a movement, this one is flourishing. Two thousand people crammed into a vast hotel…

October 19, 2018

Safer Consumption Spaces: Three Underground Models

“For years, the idea of a safe consumption space captivated the imagination of drug users everywhere,” says Isaac Jackson, president…

October 18, 2018

Cannabis Legalization in Canada Is a Giant, Imperfect Leap Forward

On October 16, a legal national market for cannabis opens in Canada, as a result of the Canadian Parliament’s June…

October 17, 2018

The First Searchable Database of Every DA Is Built to Limit Prosecutorial Power

Last week Color of Change—a nonprofit racial justice organization—launched a tool that no other group has yet managed to create:…

October 16, 2018

“No More Photo Ops”—NYC Activists Demand Legislators Take Responsibility for OD Crisis

Last year, for the first time in 11 years, black people had the highest rates of drug overdose in New…

October 16, 2018

Bopping Toward the Apocalypse: Where Drugs, History and Culture Collide

Obsessions with heroin and writing have dominated large, if not necessarily concurrent, parts of my life. But one need not…

October 16, 2018