Tag: gender
Study: How Punitive Policies Harm Pregnant Drug Users
The United States has state-level laws that criminalize pregnant people who use drugs, separate ...
Women Are Disproportionately Held in Jails Rather Than Prisons, Increasing Harms
More women are being held in local jails than in state prisons, according to ...
A TSA Officer Sexually Assaulted Me: Know Your Rights
The first person I interviewed for this story—days before I knew I would write ...
The Militant Harm Reductionist Advancing Dan Bigg’s Legacy
Brandie Wilson has her work cut out for her: On October 3, the legendary ...
What Harm Reductionists Think About Sesame Street’s Addiction Representation
Sesame Street, the long-running children’s television show, has taken on issues ranging from exercise ...
The Women Wrongfully Convicted by Drug War Prosecutors
Any wrongful conviction is a human tragedy,” tweeted Sister Helen Prejan, a renowned author ...
The First-Ever MDMA Therapy Training for Communities of Color Was Vital
The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) hosted the first-ever MDMA Therapy Training for ...
Study Author Explains Extent to Which Police Violence Is a Public Health Hazard
On August 5, the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences published a ...
Women in Mexico’s Narco World Face Misogyny and Murder
It was a sunny day in Culiacán, the capital of both Sinaloa state in ...
Sinister Motives, Moral Panic Behind Florida’s Persecution of Sex Workers
Bruce Colton, the chief elected prosecutor of Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee and St. Lucie ...
