Intersections + Injustice
Judge Grants Class Action Status to Methadone-Taper Jail Lawsuit
A federal judge has paved the way for a case against a methadone-taper policy ...
NYC’s New Non-Police Mental Health Crisis Response Still Resembles Policing
New York City receives 200,000 mental health-related 911 calls each year. In addition to ...
UK Drug Council Knows GHB Crackdown Targets Queer People, Recommends It Anyway
Spurred by media panic around a so-called “chemsex crimewave,” the United Kingdom’s independent drug ...
Policing Associated With Higher HIV Risks Among People Who Inject Drugs
Police interactions are associated with higher HIV risks for people who inject drugs, according ...
A Hugely Promising Study of Psilocybin Treatment for Depression
The first-ever randomized clinical trial of psilocybin-assisted therapy for people with a diagnosis of ...
The Price of Silence: Women, Tobacco and Clinical Gaps in India
As I wait to interview respiratory physicians in a high-end private medical clinic in ...
Paraphernalia Decrim Advances in DC—Just Not for Drug Sellers
On November 17, all 13 Washington, DC Council members voted affirmatively on their first ...
How Prisons Are Blocking Incarcerated People’s Stimulus Checks
In September, when a federal judge ordered that people who are incarcerated could receive ...
Pretrial Justice Reforms Do Not Reduce Public Safety, Report Confirms
COVID-19 has transformed the landscape of American life, from the mundane, like how people ...
My Friend Was Abducted Into Forced Addiction Treatment in Mexico
In the early days of October, Shawn* was detained by police in the city ...
