News | Prisons & Policing Study: Police Drug Seizures Raise Overdose Risk 2022 saw 109,000 drug overdose deaths and it is projected to surge to 165,000 by 2025. By Mike Pappas , LeftVoice August 6, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing Prison Has Robbed Me of Father’s Day 25 Times. All I Want Is to Be With My Sons. For me, Father's Day is an unbearable reminder of everything that prison has stolen from my family. By Edwin Rubis , Truthout June 18, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing While You’re Lighting Up on 4/20, I’m Serving Decades in Prison for Selling Weed I was sentenced in 1998 to 40 years in prison for selling marijuana. Even as it is decriminalized, I remain behind bars. By Edwin Rubis , Truthout April 20, 2023 Truthout
News | Environment & Health The US Finally Removes a Major Barrier to Opioid Addiction Treatment Advocates say deregulating buprenorphine is a long overdue step toward ending the overdose crisis. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout January 24, 2023 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing Congress Has One Last Chance to Abolish the Crack Cocaine Sentencing Disparity Merrick Garland’s recent memo was an important first step, but only Congress can fully end the sentencing disparities. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout December 20, 2022 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Sanders: Biden’s Marijuana Pardons Are Good — Legalization Would Be Even Better Sanders lauded the president’s move but said that “much more needs to be done.” By Sharon Zhang , Truthout October 7, 2022 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Biden Announces Mass Pardons for Those Convicted of Simple Marijuana Possession The president encouraged U.S. governors to pardon residents convicted on state-based charges. By Chris Walker , Truthout October 7, 2022 Truthout
News Analysis | Immigration Republicans Are Lying About Fentanyl to Scare Voters By scapegoating migrants as a source of drugs at the border, demagogues obscure facts with a cloud of xenophobia. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout September 30, 2022 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing The Drug War Drives Exploitation. We Need Drug Regulation, Not Criminalization. Legal regulation is a better path forward than either drug-related mass criminalization or a commercial free-for-all. By Kassandra Frederique , Truthout May 23, 2022 Truthout
News Analysis | Environment & Health Overdose Deaths Are Higher Than Ever, and the GOP Is Exploiting the Crisis Experts say GOP plans to empower police would make the overdose crisis much more deadly. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout May 13, 2022 Truthout