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Tightrope: A Powerful But Problematic Deaths-of-Despair Narrative

Through the 1970s, Nicholas Kristof rode the Number 6 bus to school with Donna King, the Knapp’s five children, and…

March 4, 2020

Bloomberg Is Wrong to Throw “Dealers” Under His Campaign Bus

For the first time in US political history, drug policy reform and harm reduction have taken center stage at presidential…

March 2, 2020

The DA Prosecuting OD Survivors Also Pushes Drug-Induced Homicide Laws

Brent Eaton, an Indiana county attorney, is prosecuting people who have survived overdoses by using the administration of naloxone (Narcan), the…

February 25, 2020

The Pittsburgh Steelers Want to Help Expunge Your Criminal Record

If you have a criminal record in Pennsylvania, the Steelers want to help you clear it. The football team announced…

February 24, 2020

Lawsuit Over Equity Plan Sees Cambridge, MA Pause All New Cannabis Businesses

The city of Cambridge, Massachusetts is effectively stopping all new cannabis businesses from opening. This temporary order is in response…

February 20, 2020

Budget Hawks Threaten Hopes for Cannabis Equity in San Diego

In San Diego, the second-largest city in California, marijuana is big business. But only people with the big bucks can…

February 5, 2020

In Albany, A Flash Mob for Marijuana Justice

The sun was absent on a bitter morning in New York City on January 28. I trudged across a deserted…

January 30, 2020

Cop Who Killed Handcuffed Black Man Reportedly Cited Smell of PCP

On January 27, a Black man, handcuffed with his hands behind his back in a police car, was fatally shot…

January 29, 2020

Racial Disparities in Mental Healthcare Hurt My Family and Many Others

The stark reality of America’s mental health crisis never hits so hard as when it affects someone close to us.…

January 21, 2020

The Disturbing Prevalence of NYPD Taser Use on Mentally Ill New Yorkers

Dwayne Jeune’s mom was looking for help when she called 911 in 2017. Her 32-year-old son, who had a history…

January 7, 2020