Intersections + Injustice
My Friend Was Abducted Into Forced Addiction Treatment in Mexico
In the early days of October, Shawn* was detained by police in the city ...
DEA Wants to Surveil Patients. Trans Men Stopped Them Once Before.
Throughout the past decade, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) sought to encroach on patients’ ...
In NYC Federal Jail, Medical Requests Go Unanswered for Months During Pandemic
At a New York City federal prison that’s recorded relatively few confirmed cases of ...
How the US Facilitates Philippines’ Mass Drug Prosecutions
The United States is implicated in the Philippines’ violent drug war, revamped by in ...
DEA Pursues Vast Expansion of Patient Surveillance
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is looking to expand its anti-diversion surveillance infrastructure by ...
Mixed Outcomes in Two Big Prosecutor Races, But Reform Gains Nationwide
Two things uppermost in voters’ minds this week were the COVID-19 pandemic and police ...
The Waiting Game: A Powerlessness That’s Long Harmed Drug Users
As our nation wakes up anxiety-ridden, collectively uncertain of whether we’ve been delivered from ...
The Ethical Conflict of Social Work Within a Carceral System
On a sweltering summer afternoon, I stood with our mental health team, waiting while ...
Could Philly’s New 911 Mental Health Response Program Have Saved Walter Wallace’s Life?
A little over two weeks after the City of Philadelphia announced progress on a ...
My Daughter’s Birth Exposed the Medical Community’s Anti-Drug Stigma
In January, a few weeks after my 49th birthday, my partner, Carolyn, gave me ...
