Intersections + Injustice
Thanksgiving Throws Spotlight on Family Members Missing Due to the War on Drugs
“No one brings casseroles when a child dies a stigmatized death,” says Denise Cullen, ...
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, ...
Cops in Harm Reduction: An Insult? Or Incremental Positive Change?
Peter Sadler looked like a lost member of the Beastie Boys, but as soon ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Moral Panic Around “Chemsex Crimewave” Predictably Lacks Coherent Analysis
Moral panic continues around chemsex, the term used (most often in Europe) to describe a ...
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 ...
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 ...
