Intersections + Injustice

Alzheimer’s Drug Approval “Damages FDA Credibility,” Advocates Say

When the Food and Drug Administration approved a controversial new Alzheimer’s treatment on June 7, it was over widespread expert…

June 21, 2021

New Jersey Spent $11 Billion in 10 Years on Failing to Eradicate Drugs

From 2010-2019, the state of New Jersey spent more than $11 billion fighting the drug war—and overdose deaths only increased.…

June 17, 2021

What Would It Have Taken to “Stop Singas”?

On June 8, reporter Sam Mellins tweeted a photo of a January 6, 1999 letter from then-Queens Assistant District Attorney…

June 16, 2021

Unprecedented Overdose Deaths Among First Nations People in BC

At least 254 First Nations people fatally overdosed in British Columbia in 2020, according to new research from the First…

June 16, 2021

Prosecutors Don’t Just Enforce Laws—They Lobby Hard to Make Them

Prosecutors are famous for saying they don’t make the law, they only enforce it. In recent years, prominent legal scholars…

June 10, 2021

Why a Menthol Cigarette Ban Cannot Be the Answer

It's Been A Long Time Coming...A Long Time Coming...But I Know A Change is Gonna Come...Oh Yes It Will! The…

June 9, 2021

Appeals Court Bolsters Fight Against Drug-Induced Homicide Charges

When Emma Semler, a woman in her 20s who shared drugs with a friend who tragically died, was sentenced in…

June 4, 2021

To Decolonize Drugs, Start With Prohibition’s Settler Origins

Drugs like opium and cannabis have been used in cultures around the world for millennia. Drug regulation, on the otherhand,…

June 3, 2021

We Must Divest From the Failed Drug War Locally, Nationally and Globally

By every measure, the global drug war has failed. It has failed to decrease drug use and sales. Drug-involved overdose…

June 3, 2021

NYC Raises Value of Rental Assistance Vouchers, Expands Eligibility

With an end to the city’s eviction moratorium looming in September, the New York City Council passed a hotly debated…

June 1, 2021