Intersections + Injustice
Scapegoating of Chesa Boudin Reflects Ugly Attitudes to Unhoused People
A few years back, an article describing Fayetteville made the small North Carolina city ...
Ninety-One Percent of Recent NYPD Marijuana Arrests Were of Black or Hispanic People
Police in New York City continued to arrest and issue summons to thousands of ...
Alzheimer’s Drug Approval “Damages FDA Credibility,” Advocates Say
When the Food and Drug Administration approved a controversial new Alzheimer’s treatment on June ...
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 ...
What Would It Have Taken to “Stop Singas”?
On June 8, reporter Sam Mellins tweeted a photo of a January 6, 1999 ...
Unprecedented Overdose Deaths Among First Nations People in BC
At least 254 First Nations people fatally overdosed in British Columbia in 2020, according ...
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. ...
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 ...
Appeals Court Bolsters Fight Against Drug-Induced Homicide Charges
When Emma Semler, a woman in her 20s who shared drugs with a friend ...
To Decolonize Drugs, Start With Prohibition’s Settler Origins
Drugs like opium and cannabis have been used in cultures around the world for ...
