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Florida Approves Database to Publish Details of People Who Pay for Sex

The Florida legislature passed legislation within the past week, Senate Bill 540 and House Bill 851, to establish a public…

May 7, 2019

Prison Policy Initiative Proposes Ways to Stop Jailing of People Who Use Drugs

Prison Policy Initiative (PPI), a nonprofit research organization, poses a simple question for officials pushing for jail expansion that could…

May 6, 2019

Huge Harm Reduction Gathering Allows Portugal to Teach the World

To walk down the hill to the Douro River in Porto on a sunny day is to navigate a delightful…

April 29, 2019

Joe Biden: Another Drug War Champion Enters the 2020 Ring

On April 25, Joe Biden announced his long-anticipated bid for the 2020 Democratic nomination. He has polled as favorite and,…

April 25, 2019

Trump Doubles Down on “Drug-Free” America and the Death Penalty

President Donald Trump's contradictory messages about his response to the opioid-involved overdose crisis were on full display during a self-congratulatory…

April 25, 2019

British Police Are Raising Their Voices Against the Drug War

Police are very, very good at catching drug dealers, but that’s part of the problem,” says Neil Woods, a former…

April 24, 2019

“Crackhead” Is an Anti-Black Pejorative, Period

What’s up with this wave of crackhead jokes?" a Reddit user asked in a February 2019 post. In response, one…

April 23, 2019

Cops Morphing Into Social Workers Is Not a Solution

All across the US, law enforcement asserts its power through its sheer visibility in a vast array of public spaces.…

April 23, 2019

“Hotbed of Corruption”—NY Lawmakers Condemn Sex-Work Policing Amid Calls to Defund Vice Squad

New York state assembly members and senators, as well as a NYC councilmember, are calling on the  NYPD's inspector general…

April 22, 2019

DEA’s “Innovative” Strategy in New Orleans Encourages Ever-Harsher Prosecutions

On April 16, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) launched its latest punishment-driven, treatment-inflected response to the opioid-involved overdose crisis in…

April 17, 2019