Tag: criminal injustice
Number of Women Arrested for Drugs Increases at Four Times the Rate of Men
From 2013 to 2017, women in the United States experienced a rapid increase in ...
Coercion Into Addiction Treatment Is Ubiquitous: Five Ways It Happens
The range and intensity of coercion in addiction treatment isn’t well recognized. Yet coercion ...
It’s Time for People With Privilege to Come Out About Their Drug Use
I had a counselor look me in the eye the other week and say, ...
Portland Is No Progressive Paradise—Just Look at Its District Attorney
On the surface, for a certain kind of person, Portland, Oregon has it all. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Huge Harm Reduction Gathering Allows Portugal to Teach the World
To walk down the hill to the Douro River in Porto on a sunny ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
