criminal injustice

Cut “Wasteful” Marijuana Arrests, Sen. Warren Tells Elon Musk

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is urging Elon Musk, chair of the Trump administration’s newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE),…

January 24, 2025

Trump’s Ominous Acting-DEA Administrator Appointment

President Donald Trump has appointed Derek Maltz as acting administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Senate confirmation would be…

January 23, 2025

Trump’s Move to Label Drug-Trafficking Groups “Foreign Terrorist Organizations”

President Donald Trump announced on his first day in office that organized drug trafficking groups will be designated Foreign Terrorist…

January 22, 2025

Waiting for Tennessee to Reform Its Felony Murder Rule

The trajectory of most proposed changes to Tennessee’s criminal-legal system is for all of us to stay in prison as…

January 21, 2025

Canada’s Supreme Court to Rule On Scope of Good Samaritan OD Law

In September 2020, a truck pulled over in rural Saskatchewan, Canada, to report an overdose. Cheryl Delorme had lost consciousness…

January 14, 2025

New Jersey Governor Issues Pardons for Dozens of Drug-War Convictions

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy (D) has announced pardons for dozens of people with older convictions, most of whom had drug…

December 18, 2024

Years Pass in a County Jail, Asking for Public Defenders Who Never Answer

In the three years and two months that Pareshkumer Desai has been detained pretrial, the only time he's been inside…

December 17, 2024

After Biden Clemency Action for Drug Convictions, Most People Want More

As President Joe Biden announces a new round of pardons and commutations—including several for people with marijuana and other drug…

December 13, 2024

Pharmacists’ Opioid Decisions: From “Social Sorting” to Policing

[This article is excerpted from the book Policing Patients. You can read Filter’s interview with the author here.]   Pharmacists’…

December 12, 2024

How “Trojan Horse Technology” Turned Health Care Into Policing

Policing Patients: Treatment and Surveillance on the Frontlines of the Opioid Crisis is a Swiss Army knife of a book.…

December 12, 2024