Infographic: The “Iron Law of Prohibition”
On September 24 the Global Commission on Drug Policy—a heavyweight group co-founded by Richard ...
As the WHO Gathers, Our Global Tobacco Control Framework Needs Radical Overhaul
Twenty-five years ago, when I started working on tobacco control at a government policy ...
Existence of Secret Anti-Marijuana Committee Confirmed by ONDCP
On October 1, Buzzfeed News published a leaked letter from Office of National Drug ...
Why California Has Largely Been Spared Fentanyl Deaths—So Far
America’s crisis of drug-overdose deaths has largely spared California. At 11.2 deaths per 100,000 ...
In Defense of Juul, After the Latest Media Hit-Piece
The media frenzy against Juul, the US market leader in vaping products, is on ...
“People Will Die Because of his Veto”—California Governor Jerry Brown Rejects San Francisco Supervised Consumption Spaces
On September 30, California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed Assembly Bill 186, a bill that ...
Mass Bail Out of Hundreds of NYC Prisoners Begins
On October 1, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFKHR) and a coalition of grassroots ...
Drug Laws and Stigma Are Major Factors in #WhyIDidntReport
On September 21, a week before Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate ...
Kavanaugh and the Paradox of Outgrowing Alcoholic Identity, But Not Moral Culpability
At this point, we don’t need to introduce Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court nominee ...
“More Like Retail Than Healing”—Can the Opioid Crisis Bring Health Equity to Our Medical System?
Fifteen years ago, with an EMT colleague and an armed police officer, I arrived ...
