The Influential HOPE Probation Program Is Badly Misnamed

    Last month, a woman won $7 million in a federal court in Hawaii against ...

    Safe Consumption Sites Are Opening in New York City

    On November 30, New York City authorized two safe consumption sites to begin operations ...

    The Ways We “Monsterize” Drug Use, Pain and People

    [This article is an adapted excerpt from On Opium: Pain, Pleasure, and Other Matters ...

    Tensions Mount in Fight to Open Ontario Safe Consumption Site

    Harm reduction advocates are fighting to open the second safe consumption site (SCS) in ...

    Florida Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Decriminalize All Drugs

    A Florida lawmaker has introduced a bill to decriminalize all currently illicit drugs, provide ...

    New Zealand Permanently Legalizes Drug Checking, a Global First

    New Zealand permanently legalized drug checking on November 23, by passing a bill to ...

    St. Louis to Decriminalize Adult-Use Marijuana Possession and Cultivation

    St. Louis lawmakers on November 23 unanimously approved a bill to decriminalize marijuana possession ...

    What Drugs, Sex Work and One Key Case Mean for the Baltimore DA Race

    In 2018, attorney Ivan Bates ran against incumbent Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby and ...

    Elizabeth Warren, CBS, North Carolina Ramp Up Focus on Synthetic Nicotine

    Synthetic nicotine has been on the radar of state-level and federal lawmakers in the ...

    The Right Uses Wisconsin Parade Tragedy to Attack Bail Reform

    After an SUV ploughed through a holiday parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin on November 21, ...