Here’s How to Abolish Incentives for “Broken Windows” Prosecutions
In 2018, Hennepin County Attorney Michael O. Freeman faced his first serious challenge for ...
Code for America to Automate Expungement of Cannabis Convictions in Cook County, IL
On August 27, Chicago’s district attorney announced an ambitious plan to expunge tens of ...
“I Am Not an Addict”—What Should “Recovery” Mean in 2019?
My name is Adi, and despite my years of struggling with meth addiction, I ...
Boulder, CO Bans Vape Flavors and Seeks to Tax Vapes Much More Heavily Than Cigarettes
On September 3, Boulder, Colorado joined a handful of other cities across the country ...
Who Still Prosecutes People for Possessing Syringes?
Programs that provide sterile syringes in exchange for used ones for people who use ...
Fentanyl, Inc: How Corporate Sales Floors Dominate the New Drugs Market
On the edge of Shanghai, men wearing balaclavas meet journalist Ben Westhoff at sunset. ...
Wake Up—We Are Dying! A Call to Action From People Who Use Drugs
On International Overdose Awareness Day, we, as people who use drugs from around the ...
Watch: “Not One More!” Harlem Residents on Overdose Deaths
To mark International Overdose Awareness Day, I went out on the streets of Harlem ...
Watch: Cops and a Judge Demand Harm Reduction to Fight Overdose
The Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP) is a nonprofit organization of current and former ...
Bigoted Facebook Post Shines Light on Sheriffs Who Run Our Jails
A recent discovery about an elected Georgia sheriff threw unflattering light on those charged ...
