Tag: COVID-19
New Spike in Coronavirus Cases Could Further Worsen Overdose Crisis
As many US jurisdictions have eased pandemic restrictions, new coronavirus cases have been spiking ...
Support, Don’t Punish 2020: A Global Day of Action Against the Drug War
Friday, June 26 marks the Support, Don’t Punish 2020 Global Day of Action—an annual ...
New York Evictions Are Back, and So Are Demands to #CancelRent
In New York state, evictions through housing court resumed on June 22 after months ...
Survey: “Having Fun” Still the Biggest Reason for Drug Use During COVID Crisis
Coping with the stress and anxiety of quarantine, historic job losses and a potentially ...
Pleasure, Delayed: This Juneteenth Should Include Freedom to Use Drugs
This year, Juneteenth is taking its rightful place as a more meaningful celebration of ...
California Sheriff Sued for Keeping People Jailed as COVID-19 Rages
A group of attorneys filed a class action lawsuit on May 29 against Sheriff ...
Giving Alcohol, Nicotine, Marijuana to Isolated Homeless People Is Harm Reduction
Seeking positives in current times can feel futile. But for drug policy reformers, there ...
Two National Prosecutor Groups Urge Opposite Pandemic Responses
One national prosecutors’ organization has thrown its support behind the criminal justice reform movement’s ...
People With Mental Health Diagnoses Left Out of “Historic” NYC Decarceration
The number of New Yorkers in the city’s infamous jail system hit what Mayor ...
Even Jails Are Decarcerating More Than State Prisons
State prisons’ efforts to decarcerate during the COVID-19 crisis seem to have been eclipsed ...
