Louisiana Marijuana Decriminalization Takes Effect
Marijuana decriminalization took effect in Louisiana on August 1—and advocates and lawmakers are working ...
Two Years After Oakland’s Psychedelic Decrim, What’s Been the Impact?
Over two years ago, in June 2019, the city of Oakland, California became the ...
Bombshell Paper Names the Federal Judges Guilty of the Most Racist Sentencing
It has long been known that people of color get harsher criminal sentences in ...
GOP Senator Behind Marijuana Banking Bill Aims to Restrict Welfare Recipients’ Dispensary Spending
A GOP senator who is the top cosponsor of marijuana banking legislation is now, on the ...
How Mexico Has Legalized But Still Not Regulated Cannabis
Mexico has never seemed so close and yet so far from fully regulating the ...
Brooklyn Dismisses 3,500 Marijuana Cases in Latest Steps Toward Justice
On July 27, a Brooklyn, New York county court agreed to dismiss and seal ...
The US Faces a Naloxone Shortage at the Worst Possible Time
Life expectancy in the United States plunged by a year and a half in ...
Homeless New Yorkers Fight for Their Rights as Hotel Evictions Continue
Winston Tokuhisa first became homeless in 2006, at the age of 20. Since then, ...
World Hepatitis Day 2021 Platforms a Crisis That “Can’t Wait”
Since 2018, the World Hepatitis Alliance has promoted World Hepatitis Day—July 28—with the hashtag ...
How Can a Syringe Program Reject Harm Reduction for Smoking?
One day last year, when I was working as a medical case manager at ...
