Much Work Remains to Undo Grotesque Legacy of the Rockefeller Drug Laws
New York’s Rockefeller Drug Laws, perhaps the most infamous embodiment of criminalizing addiction and ...
Chicago’s “Progressive” Prosecutor Cut Prison Sentences, Not Felony Drug Prosecutions
Dubbed a “progressive prosecutor” by many in the media, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim ...
More Research-Marijuana Grow Sites Needed, Say Scientists, Congressmembers
The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has now failed to approve any new medical ...
New York’s Substance Use Disorder Information-Sharing Consent Form for Patients
This is the consent form for disclosure of a patient’s methadone and other health ...
Your Methadone History Could Soon Be Shared Without Your Consent
The federal government wants to weaken confidentiality rules for patients with addictions. This means ...
Exclusion, Censorship, Internment: Brazilian Drug Policy Under Bolsonaro
The situation for harm reductionists here in Brazil continues to deteriorate. A decree signed ...
Why We Need the Dem Debates to Probe Candidates’ US Attorney Picks
Our top federal prosecutors are called United States attorneys. There are only 94 of ...
New York Decriminalizes Cannabis, But Fails to Address Injustice
After stalling cannabis legalization in spring 2019, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into ...
Algorithm Using Racist Drug War Data to Determine Missourians’ Freedom
An algorithm based on data from decades of drug war policing that disproportionately targets ...
African Experts Explain Their Challenges in Reducing Tobacco Harms
Major obstacles to tobacco harm reduction exist in high-income, “western” countries from the United ...
