Court Hits Back Against Politically Motivated Firings of Public Defenders
There has been a spate, in recent years, of public defenders speaking out against ...
The Incarcerated Population Is Especially Vulnerable to Coronavirus
People held in jails and prisons throughout the US are at heightened risk of ...
The Lessons of Chicago’s Disastrous “Crime Prediction” Experiment
In 2012, the Chicago Police Department (CPD) collected data on everyone arrested in the ...
Santa Fe’s Historic Drug Policy Overhaul Centers Alcohol Harm Reduction
Santa Fe, New Mexico is emphasizing alcohol harm reduction in its plan to radically ...
San Diego County Lawmaker Pushes to End Syringe Exchange Ban
A lawmaker in San Diego County, California is urging his colleagues to rethink a ...
Colorado Teen Could Face Decades in Prison—For Cannabis
Vaping-associated pulmonary illness reportedly contributed to 68 deaths through February 18, 2020. After an ...
The Real Harms of Abusive, Stigmatizing Language in Addiction Treatment
Ironically, the conversation that spurred a peer-support specialist at a buprenorphine program to yell ...
The Legacy of Northeast Philly’s “Redlining” Against Methadone Clinics
Protesting residents of the mostly white, working-class neighborhoods of Holmesburg and Mayfair in Northeast ...
COVID-19 and Tobacco Harm Reduction: What’s the Relationship?
At publication time, over 113,000 people worldwide were known to be infected by the ...
Are More Clubbers Taking Ketamine Without Knowing It?
It’s safe to say Joseph Palamar goes to a lot of raves. Since 2016, ...
