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As a Disabled Drug User, Home Health Care Leaves Me on the Floor

My first couple of home health aides were picked by a California state agency. As a drug user learning to…

February 8, 2023

How Can Implementation of Oregon’s Drug-Decrim Law Improve?

In November 2020, Oregon voters made history by passing Measure 110, to decriminalize personal possession of all drugs and shift…

February 2, 2023

As Decriminalization Begins in British Columbia, Activists Watch Warily

British Columbia has officially become the first first province in Canada to decriminalize possession of small quantities of opioids, cocaine,…

January 31, 2023

New York’s Bill to Decriminalize Low-Level Drug Possession

A New York senator has launched a bid to decriminalize all low-level drug possession in the state. If his bill…

January 26, 2023

How “Daniel’s Law” Could Transform NY Mental-Health Crisis Response

A bill reintroduced in the New York state legislature on January 20 would fundamentally change how the state handles mental…

January 24, 2023

San Francisco Encampment Sweeps Continue Despite Injunction

A legal battle between homelessness advocates and the city of San Francisco has escalated, as the city is accused of…

January 11, 2023

São Paulo’s New Governor Makes Ominous Moves to “End Cracolândia”

Cracolândias—areas with high levels of street-based homelessness and public drug use—have been spreading throughout Brazilian towns and cities since the…

January 9, 2023

BC Decrim Threshold Was Set for Police, Not People Who Use Drugs

British Columbia is about to become the first Canadian province to decriminalize personal possession of some state-banned drugs—a move that…

January 4, 2023

The Implications of Police Raids on Shops Selling Psilocybin Mushrooms

An unlicensed psilocybin mushroom shop in Portland, Oregon, was raided by local police on December 8. Operating for just six…

December 15, 2022

Honduras Police Mobilization Promises More Human Rights Abuses

On November 24, Honduras President Xiomara Castro declared a state of emergency in response to extortion. It follows cases of…

December 6, 2022