Intersections + Injustice

Any Assumption That More Opioid Prescribing Leads to More Child Removals Is Unjustified, Stats Show

State rates of child removals due to "parental substance abuse," 2010-2015. Credit: Troy Quast, PhD, University of South Florida  …

November 15, 2018

Cops in Harm Reduction: An Insult? Or Incremental Positive Change?

Peter Sadler looked like a lost member of the Beastie Boys, but as soon as he spoke it was obvious…

November 14, 2018

New Data Confirm That Construction Workers Are Massively Vulnerable to Overdose. What Can Be Done?

A new report in British Columbia shows that a disproportionate amount of people who died from illicit drug overdoses worked,…

November 13, 2018

Drug-Law Violations Account for Over a Quarter of Women Incarcerated in the US

Over a quarter of incarcerated women are charged with or convicted of drug-law violations, according to a new report on the…

November 13, 2018

Harsher Federal Penalties for Selling Fentanyl-Laced Drugs Have Taken Effect—Expect Unintended Consequences

New federal sentencing guidelines that took effect November 1 significantly increase the potential prison sentence faced by someone who sells heroin…

November 8, 2018

Rape Survivor Advocates Endorse Pro-Criminal Justice Reform DA Candidates

Rape survivor advocacy groups are typically assumed—often inaccurately—to support the most “tough-on-crime” candidates for prosecutor positions. District Attorneys, meanwhile, typically…

November 6, 2018

Moral Panic Around “Chemsex Crimewave” Predictably Lacks Coherent Analysis

Moral panic continues around chemsex, the term used (most often in Europe) to describe a gay subculture of private sex parties…

November 5, 2018

In Healthcare, Urine Screens for Drugs Are Routinely Used to Justify Cruelty

Jed* is 42, with an athletic build, a finely striped button-down and soft, worried eyes that meet mine reluctantly. I’m…

November 5, 2018

NYC District Attorneys Have Betrayed Their Promises on Marijuana, Court Watch Reveals

The Brooklyn and Manhattan district attorneys are failing to live up to their superficially progressive marijuana policies, according to a…

November 2, 2018

Are Doctors “Dickheads?”

The hashtag #Doctorsaredickheads spread across Twitter this past weekend, with many people weighing in about how they've been mistreated by…

October 30, 2018