Cannabis Conviction? The First Ever National Expungement Week Begins
Expungement is going national. The process of having prior cannabis convictions wiped—and beginning to ...
The Harm Reduction Movement: Bigger Than Ever, But Facing Threats
If numbers gauge the health of a movement, this one is flourishing. Two thousand ...
Safer Consumption Spaces: Three Underground Models
“For years, the idea of a safe consumption space captivated the imagination of drug ...
Cannabis Legalization in Canada Is a Giant, Imperfect Leap Forward
On October 16, a legal national market for cannabis opens in Canada, as a ...
The First Searchable Database of Every DA Is Built to Limit Prosecutorial Power
Last week Color of Change—a nonprofit racial justice organization—launched a tool that no other ...
“No More Photo Ops”—NYC Activists Demand Legislators Take Responsibility for OD Crisis
Last year, for the first time in 11 years, black people had the highest ...
Bopping Toward the Apocalypse: Where Drugs, History and Culture Collide
Obsessions with heroin and writing have dominated large, if not necessarily concurrent, parts of ...
The Language of Addiction: New York Times Insists on Perpetuating Stigma
The debate over journalists’ language on drug use was reignited by a recent email ...
Infographic: Which States Have the Highest Rates of Opioid-Related Insurance Claims
The state-by-state concentration of health insurance claim lines associated with opioid “abuse” and dependence ...
Women Imprisoned: When Substance Use and Treatment Become Means of Control
Are you sure he’s not cheating on you?” I asked the woman next to ...
