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Washington, DC Council Votes to Ban Flavored Vaping Products

On June 29, the Washington, DC Council voted to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products—a designation that includes vapes as…

June 30, 2021

Federal Watchdog: FOSTA Isn’t Even Useful for Law Enforcement

From the get-go, sex worker activists knew nothing good would come from FOSTA, a 2018 law that formally makes online…

June 25, 2021

Support. Don’t Punish—A Call to Reject the World’s Brutal Drug War

On June 4, Chandran Vithushan, a young man in Sri Lanka, was buried by his family. He had been arrested…

June 24, 2021

New York Poised to Finally Decriminalize Syringe Possession

A six-year effort to decriminalize syringe possession for drug use in New York is finally gaining ground. On June 7,…

June 9, 2021

We Must Divest From the Failed Drug War Locally, Nationally and Globally

By every measure, the global drug war has failed. It has failed to decrease drug use and sales. Drug-involved overdose…

June 3, 2021

“Divest and Invest”: Latinx Advocates on Defunding the Police

George Floyd’s final breaths on May 25, 2020, gasping out “I can’t breathe,” led millions of people in the US…

May 21, 2021

Larry Krasner Beats Primary Challenger Organically, in Good Sign for Reformers

The first re-election bid of Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner—probably the figure most associated with the “progressive prosecutor” movement—was closely…

May 19, 2021

Vancouver’s Advancing Drug Decriminalization Plan Sparks Controversies

People who use drugs weren’t given a voice in Vancouver’s most recent step towards decriminalization, according to a coalition of…

May 11, 2021

Bloomberg Anti-Nicotine Lobby Among US Backers of Duterte’s Drug War

He thought it was a clap of thunder as it echoed through the humid air between the river and mountains…

April 12, 2021

NYC to End Qualified Immunity for Police Officers—To an Extent

New York City will become the largest jurisdiction in the country to curtail police officers’ use of qualified immunity—a legal…

March 31, 2021