Tag: criminal injustice
When a Prosecutor Throws His Money Around to Keep His County “Tough on Crime”
Back in 2009, the Oregon legislature passed a law to remove marijuana from Schedule ...
Drug War Photo-Op Policing Is a Betrayal of Law Enforcement’s Principles
It’s one of the defining images of modern policing. High-ranking officers lined up at ...
The Year Is 2020, and the US Has Banned Vapes. What Happens Now?
President Donald Trump finished his overture at this year’s Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin ...
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 ...
