Tag: race
Much Work Remains to Undo Grotesque Legacy of the Rockefeller Drug Laws
New York’s Rockefeller Drug Laws, perhaps the most infamous embodiment of criminalizing addiction and ...
New York Decriminalizes Cannabis, But Fails to Address Injustice
After stalling cannabis legalization in spring 2019, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into ...
Algorithm Using Racist Drug War Data to Determine Missourians’ Freedom
An algorithm based on data from decades of drug war policing that disproportionately targets ...
A Conversation with Michael Johnson, Criminalized by Missouri’s HIV Law
Last week, Michael Johnson, a young black gay man, was released earlier than expected ...
New Coalition: Congress, It’s Time to End Federal Cannabis Prohibition
On July 10, the House of Representatives held a hearing on marijuana prohibition in ...
“When They See Us” Depicts Gaslighting as a Form of Police Abuse
Listen to me, Tron. I need you to do what the police want you ...
What to Make of a Leading Anti-Cannabis Advocate Retweeting a Far-Right Podcaster?
Given the racist past and present of cannabis prohibition in the United States, an ...
Could Ending Asset Forfeiture Be a First Step Towards Reparations?
Coinciding with Juneteenth, a day honoring the emancipation of enslaved peoples, Congress held the ...
Sinister Motives, Moral Panic Behind Florida’s Persecution of Sex Workers
Bruce Colton, the chief elected prosecutor of Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee and St. Lucie ...
How Drug Policy Fuels the Genocide of Indigenous Women in Canada
Cherisse was 17 years old in 2009, and had recently given birth to a ...
