Worldwide COVID-19 Decarceration: A Lost Opportunity
COVID-19 has impacted us all, but people who are incarcerated have been among the ...
My Harrowing Year in the Drug Court System That Biden Wants to Expand
As we await the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, many of us are welcoming ...
California’s Struggle for Safe Consumption Spaces Moves Forward
In California, the grassroots-led struggle for safe consumption spaces has taken a big step ...
How the First Black Surgeon General Was Silenced for Considering Drug Legalization
The movement to decriminalize all drug users has enjoyed historic wins in 2020, surely ...
Pandemic Is Making Overdoses Deadlier, Research Shows
Nine months into the COVID-19 pandemic, some of the first available research has finally ...
Judge Grants Class Action Status to Methadone-Taper Jail Lawsuit
A federal judge has paved the way for a case against a methadone-taper policy ...
My Study of Providing Vapes to Unhoused Smokers in Ireland
While I was volunteering at an Irish homelessness service called Dublin Simon Community a ...
House Passes the MORE Act in Historic Vote for Federal Marijuana Decriminalization
On December 4, the US House of Representatives passed the Marijuana Reinvestment and Expungement ...
A Fentanyl User’s Dispiriting Search for Safe Supply in Toronto
When I heard earlier this year that a safe supply of opioids would be ...
“Wasp Dope”—Under Prohibition, Insecticide Becomes Meth Replacement
In Appalachian Kentucky, drug users’ difficulty accessing unregulated markets may be driving the uptake ...
