MD Judge: Cops Can’t Search You Because They Smell Weed
Merely claiming to smell cannabis on a suspect is no longer enough for Maryland ...
Eight in 10 Democrats Want Marijuana Legalization. Why Doesn’t the Party?
Seventy-eight percent of Democrat voters want it. Nearly all of the Democratic presidential candidates ...
New Orleans’ Nightmare Prosecutor Steps Down. Who’s Next?
In prosecutor accountability circles, the name Leon Cannizzaro carries almost mystical significance. Cannizzaro, the ...
California’s Huge Overdose Increase Didn’t Have to Happen
The overdose crisis has finally reached California, following a relative delay in the arrival ...
ACLU: COVID-19 Decarceration Did Not Increase Crime
Decarceration measures taken by county jails this past spring to mitigate the spread of ...
Native American Reservations a Haven for New York Vape Shops
Around Thanksgiving 2019, two months after Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order that ...
British Columbia’s Troubling Bid to Detain Young People Who Overdose
On June 23, the provincial government of British Columbia announced the first reading of ...
Pleasure and Risk for Trans Chemsexeurs in Ukraine
Chemsex harm reduction responses in Europe often center gay men, leaving transgender people as ...
Californian Cannabis Tax Revenues Are Used to Boost Police Budgets
How are tax revenues from legal marijuana being spent in California, the nation’s largest ...
Housing First and the Homelessness Crisis: What Went Wrong?
“The homeless crisis interested me,” says Mary Duffy of the time before she herself ...
