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Canada’s Election Guarantees Grim Outlook for Harm Reduction

As Canadians head to the polls in the coming days, they will be faced with few options to increase access…

April 25, 2025

Florida May Soon Ban Anonymous Officer Misconduct Complaints

Under a proposed bill, Florida would no longer allow officer misconduct complaints to be filed anonymously—requiring that they be signed…

April 16, 2025

Prison Visits Should Have Always Been a Right, Not a Privilege

Adam* has been incarcerated in Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) facilities for somewhere around 40 years. His wife Ruth* has…

April 10, 2025

Background Checks Keep Saying I Can’t Do Jobs I Was Already Hired For

After two or three phone interviews with Walmart, they hired me for a clerical position at a distribution center. It…

April 9, 2025

Refelonizing Fentanyl Had No Good Outcomes: Colorado Study

Increasing criminal penalties for fentanyl had zero impact on overdose deaths in Colorado and accomplished nothing good. That’s the result…

April 3, 2025

Escaping From Prison Is Easier Than You’d Think. We Just Know Better.

On March 9, someone made a rare escape from a Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) probation detention center. He was…

March 18, 2025

Alberta Will Force People Who Use Drugs to Enter Treatment

The government of Alberta, Canada, will force people who use drugs into substance use disorder treatment against their will, under…

February 26, 2025

South Dakota Considers Defelonizing Drug Ingestion

South Dakota might change a drug law that makes it an outlier in the United States. It's currently the only…

February 4, 2025

VA Lawmakers Advance Three Marijuana, Psychedelics Reform Bills

Virginia lawmakers have advanced a handful of drug policy bills—including measures to legalize commercial cannabis sales in the commonwealth, seal…

January 31, 2025

Police Consent Decrees at Stake as Trump Transforms DOJ

The Trump administration is freezing any new civil rights investigations as part of a radical overhaul of the Department of…

January 29, 2025