drug war

The Overdose Crisis Was Ignored in This Election Cycle

The overdose crisis claims over 100,000 lives each year in the United States, but has received very little attention from…

November 5, 2024

US Drug Enforcement’s Role in the Current Violence in Sinaloa, Mexico

A major outbreak of violence in Culiacán, Mexico, spotlights United States drug war tactics and puts hard questions to new…

October 2, 2024

Socialist Presidential Candidate Talks Harm Reduction and the Drug War

On a sunny day in Milwaukee, I drove downtown to interview a presidential candidate. The city has buzzed with political…

September 20, 2024

OK Prisons Privatize Mail, as “Digital Processing Centers” Expand Drug War

Beginning September 1, the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) will no longer deliver physical mail to the nearly 23,000 people…

August 13, 2024

Support, Don’t Punish—But Why Do People Who Use Drugs Need Support?

June 26 is the annual “Support. Don’t Punish.” day—an impressive global initiative to promote harm reduction and drug policies that…

June 25, 2024

Decades After It Set Meth Sentencing by Purity, USSC Surveys the Damage

Almost all controlled substances in the United States are criminalized by weight. There are thresholds that legally separate possession from…

June 20, 2024

How Will Mexico’s President-Elect Impact the Drug War?

On June 2, Mexico decisively elected Claudia Sheinbaum as its next president. Once she takes office on October 1, she'll…

June 7, 2024

The Deep Ties Between the US Drug War and Israeli Forces

Overdose prevention researchers like me are familiar with the harms caused by the expansion of policing and surveillance. A steady…

May 30, 2024

Confirmed Executions for Drug Convictions Surge to New Global High

In July 2016, three Nigerians and one Indonesian were ferried to Nusa Kambangan, known as the “island of flowers,” off…

April 2, 2024

Savage Sisters Calls for SSP Funding, as Kensington Funds More Policing

In 2017, Sarah Laurel was trying to find housing at the same time she was entering recovery. Kensington, Philadelphia, seemed…

March 15, 2024