Tag: drug war
Prosecutors Call on Biden to Create Task Force Aimed at Reform
Decrying “tough-on-crime” policies, a group of more than 100 law enforcement leaders, mostly prosecutors, ...
Can Harm Reduction Reform the Drug Courts?
Among prohibitionists and proponents of the drug war, drug courts are touted as a ...
Poll Shows Huge Public Opposition to “War on Drugs,” After 50 Years
At a press conference on June 17, 1971, President Richard Nixon declared “drug abuse” ...
The Jacarezinho Massacre and Lethal Drug Policy Enforcement in Brazil
It’s a Rio de Janeiro classic. Officers of the civil, military or army police ...
Advocates Call on Feds to End Fentanyl Analogs’ Schedule I Classification
On April 8, the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) spearheaded a coalition—including the Leadership Conference ...
Maine Unveils Legislation to Decriminalize Possession of All Drugs
Maine lawmakers have formally introduced a bill to broadly decriminalize possession of all currently ...
House Passes the MORE Act in Historic Vote for Federal Marijuana Decriminalization
On December 4, the US House of Representatives passed the Marijuana Reinvestment and Expungement ...
Don’t “Defund” the War on Drugs—Cut It Off
It took the caught-on-camera murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin—and ...
“There Is No Naloxone for Racism”—Kassandra Frederique Speaks Out
Since George Floyd was horrifically murdered by Minneapolis cops on May 25, events have ...
How Psychedelic Exceptionalism Harms Drug Users
Do you feel that some drugs are inherently worse for the user than others?” ...
