A newly introduced California Assembly bill would sentence people arrested on drug charges to an alternative form of incarceration: mandatory…
As we await the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, many of us are welcoming the possibility of a more compassionate…
In the early days of October, Shawn* was detained by police in the city of Mexicali, the capital of Baja…
As our nation wakes up anxiety-ridden, collectively uncertain of whether we’ve been delivered from political catastrophe, many of us who…
Virginia has a new "Good Samaritan" law designed to protect people who call 911 for a drug-related health emergency from…
Scientific research enriches minds but drains wallets. In the US and globally, public and private funders have directed more money…
Starting August 14, methadone patients face the very real possibility that their long-protected privacy will be gone. The Substance Abuse…
The long-awaited final rule revising 42 CFR Part 2—the confidentiality regulation applying to substance use disorder (SUD) treatment records—is out. …
Hardline Oklahoma prosecutors have received bad news about their capacity to force people who use drugs into “therapeutic” courts. That…
One of the nation’s oldest involuntary commitment laws designed specifically to target people who use drugs is facing a court…