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 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, ...