Seven Ways (Just for a Start) the War on Drugs Violates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Global leaders celebrate Human Rights Day each December 10—often touting their own violent anti-drug ...
Duterte Announces That His Murderous Drug War “Furthers Human Rights”
In the ultimate ironic observance of the 70th anniversary of the December 10, 1948 signing ...
By Ignoring Vaping, Mental Health Orgs Abandon Vulnerable Smokers
Recently, the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) came out in ...
Student Occupation Pressures NYU to Divest From Under-Fire Prison Food Supplier Aramark
As a stakeholder in this institution, it is appalling that my tuition dollars contribute ...
How Harm Reduction Services Are Keeping Festivalgoers Safer
It’s around 4 am when I eat a brownie containing an unknown amount of ...
Pennsylvania Prosecutors Brought 186 Drug-Induced Homicide Charges in 2017
Pennsylvania prosecutors are having a love affair with the state’s drug-induced homicide law, despite ...
Jamie Favaro’s Quest to Bring Online Naloxone Access Nationwide
What I’ve learned is that [syringe exchange programs] are everywhere,” says Jamie Favaro, founder ...
Would You Pay More for Fair Trade Cocaine?
[This article was co-written with Zara Snapp and Julian Quintero.] People spend more per ...
Trump’s Latest Rabid Tweet: “Death Penalty for Distributors and Pushers, the Results Will Be Incredible!”
A little before 9 am on December 5, President Trump tweeted the following about ...
The Rage of Overdose Grief Makes It All Too Easy to Misdirect Blame
It was 4:45 am on March 13, 2016. My phone was ringing over and ...
