Tag: mental health
After “Iryna’s Law,” Behavioral Crisis Response in NC Grows More Carceral
On February 5, North Carolina Governor Josh Stein (D) signed an executive order titled ...
Media Exploitation of Reiner Family Tragedy Pushes the Carceral Agenda
After director Rob Reiner and photographer Michele Singer Reiner were found stabbed to death ...
Federal Bill Would Give Some Patients “Right to Try” Psychedelics
The final weeks of 2025 have brought overlapping psychedelic drug policy efforts in Washington. ...
Legal Marijuana Access Linked to Fewer Suicides Among Older Adults
States that opened adult-use marijuana dispensaries saw suicide rates decline among older adults, according ...
New Mexico to Accelerate Launch of Therapeutic Psilocybin Access
New Mexico health officials have announced plans to launch the state’s medical psilocybin therapy ...
A Prison Mental Health Unit Is Left in Gen Pop, and the Grievance Is Ignored
South Central Correctional Facility is one of six Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) prisons ...
Europe’s “Huge Breakthrough” in Access to Psychedelic Therapies
After almost three decades of psychopharmacological research—and having treated thousands of psychiatric patients with ...
What Decades in Prison Have Taught Me About Resisting Incarceration
In 2006, the prison where I was being housed routinely served a breakfast that ...
The Mental Health Impact of a Prison’s Short-Lived, Off-Book Yoga Class
Buggs*, about 20 years into a life sentence in Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) ...
Divisions Over Mayor’s Shelter Plans in Portland, Oregon
A plan from Mayor Keith Wilson (D) of Portland, Oregon, to build new shelter ...
