Tag: decriminalization
Drug Decriminalization Bill Advances in Maine—With Splits Over Details
A joint Maine House and Senate committee on Tuesday advanced a bill to broadly ...
Indigenous Groups Object to Proposed Peyote Decriminalization
As the psychedelics reform movement continues to spread across the US, a conflict has ...
Vancouver’s Advancing Drug Decriminalization Plan Sparks Controversies
People who use drugs weren’t given a voice in Vancouver’s most recent step towards ...
Drug Decriminalization in Oregon: How’s It Going So Far?
Tanesia DeMacon is no stranger to jail. She estimates she was arrested no fewer ...
Maine Unveils Legislation to Decriminalize Possession of All Drugs
Maine lawmakers have formally introduced a bill to broadly decriminalize possession of all currently ...
New Jersey Police Protest Long-Awaited Marijuana Reforms
On a Jersey Shore boardwalk on March 20, the Ocean County Police Chiefs Association ...
Drug Decriminalization Bill Unveiled in Rhode Island
Six Rhode Island senators introduced legislation last week that would end criminal penalties for ...
Washington Court Decriminalizes Drugs: Will Lawmakers Let It Stand?
In February 2021, two states decriminalized drug possession. One was much anticipated; the other ...
Uprooting the Drug War: Initiative Details Harms to Immigrants and Much More
Imagine this: Two people walk down opposite sides of Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn. Both ...
As Sex Workers, We Know the “Equality Model” Is a Dangerous Mistake
The general public is perhaps only tangentially aware of sex workers’ rights and the ...
