Tag: policing
Do Cannabis “Desert” States Arrest More People After Neighbors Legalize? Probably Not.
Cannabis legalization has spread to states once considered unlikely, like conservative-leaning Missouri and Ohio. ...
Australia’s Vape Prohibition Replicates Drug-War Disasters
In the land down under, a burgeoning illicit market for vaping products paints a ...
Cops Are Seizing More Mushrooms, as Public Interest in Psychedelics Grows
Police have seized increasing quantities of psilocybin mushrooms in recent years, new research has ...
NYC Defies Mayor Adams to Ban Solitary Confinement, Rein In NYPD
The New York City Council has overwhelmingly approved a package of police and jail ...
New Jersey Set to Create Non-Police Mental Health Crisis Response Teams
A New Jersey bill would create non-police emergency response teams in cities, enabling social ...
Moms Can Lead the Fight to End the Drug War
I teared up as I watched Leroy Walker Sr., whose son was killed in ...
Global Drug War Funding Must Be Key Focus of US Advocacy
In October, over 1,400 drug policy reform advocates and activists from at least 24 ...
Mass Action Planned Against Atlanta “Cop City,” as Construction Continues
Activists are calling for mass civil disobedience this month to “block Cop City” in ...
Vancouver Activists Rally for DULF Compassion Club After Police Raids
The chants rang out at a November 3 rally in the Downtown Eastside of ...
Boston Clears Tent Encampment at Mass and Cass
On November 1 Boston city workers began evicting unhoused residents from an encampment in ...
