Intersections + Injustice
People Who Use Drugs Are Still Dying From Preventable Hepatitis A
Since an initial outbreak in Michigan in August 2016, hepatitis A (HAV) continues to ...
“Spit-and-Acquit” Embodies a Californian DA’s Dystopia
Here’s a good formula for dystopia: a ”spit-and-acquit” program to create a genetic surveillance ...
Denial of Methadone Devastates Incarcerated People: What Hope?
When people who are dependent on opioids are incarcerated and denied access, they go ...
Data Platform Scores California Police Departments a Resounding “F” for Racial Bias
Every person in prison is a policy failure,” is a common phrase in abolitionist ...
A Bloody Week Shows the Drug War’s Continuous Violent Ripple Effect
More than 40 people were shot in Chicago last weekend, seven fatally, in what ...
Women Who Use Drugs: Challenges Demand Self-Led Harm Reduction
Bree Cassell first injected heroin when she was 15 years old. Despite wanting to ...
When a Prosecutor Throws His Money Around to Keep His County “Tough on Crime”
Back in 2009, the Oregon legislature passed a law to remove marijuana from Schedule ...
Drug War Photo-Op Policing Is a Betrayal of Law Enforcement’s Principles
It’s one of the defining images of modern policing. High-ranking officers lined up at ...
Number of Women Arrested for Drugs Increases at Four Times the Rate of Men
From 2013 to 2017, women in the United States experienced a rapid increase in ...
Coercion Into Addiction Treatment Is Ubiquitous: Five Ways It Happens
The range and intensity of coercion in addiction treatment isn’t well recognized. Yet coercion ...
