Gwen Levi and the “Sentencing Goals” That Shouldn’t Apply
Around 90 percent of criminal cases are handled by county court systems, where inflexibility ...
Melbourne Advocates Fight Backlash to New Safe Consumption Site Plan
Controversy is escalating in Melbourne, Australia, over the location of what would be the ...
Eric Adams as NYC Mayor: What Could It Mean for Harm Reduction?
Eric Adams—the Brooklyn borough president, former state senator and former NYPD captain—is now the ...
Rhode Island Makes History by Legalizing Safe Consumption Sites
The governor of Rhode Island on Wednesday signed a bill to establish a safe ...
Like Many Drug Policy Reformers, I’m Driven by Personal Tragedy
I have a million stories about my older brother, Billy, that exemplify the harms ...
Advocates Mobilize Around Besieged Atlantic City Syringe Program
On July 6, New Jersey harm reduction organizations met at Firefighters Memorial, a small park ...
Mass. DA Exemplifies How the “Progressive Prosecutor” Tag Is Overused
During a recent webinar hosted by Prosecutorial Performance Indicators, an organization that encourages better ...
Brazil Gains Ground on Medical Marijuana, in Defiance of Bolsonaro
In June, after a series of delays, a special commission of Brazil’s lower house ...
“Music Is a Trigger”—How I Was Welcomed to Rehab
[This article is excerpted from the author’s new book, The Weight of Air. It ...
Is the Tide Turning Against Public Sex Offender Registries?
On June 8, the American Law Institute, arguably the most prestigious non-governmental law reform ...
