News Analysis | Prisons & Policing Police Are Using Implications of Drug Use to Justify Killing Implications of drug use create a context in which deadly force used by police is framed as the only logical choice. By William D. Lopez & Nourel-Hoda Eidy , Truthout June 9, 2020 Truthout
News Analysis | Human Rights Mexico’s President Pledged to Defend Indigenous Rights, But He’s Attacking Them AMLO's aggression toward environmental activists and Zapatista communities gives the lie to his campaign promise. By Jose Benjamin Montaño , Truthout November 24, 2019 Truthout
News | Racial Justice Marijuana Legislation Passed by House Lacks Racial Justice Provisions Allowing legal cannabis businesses to access banking services won’t undo the drug war’s racist legacy. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout October 1, 2019 Truthout
News | Environment & Health As Drug War Rages, Most People Who Need Treatment Don’t Get It A focus on drug-supply reduction and aggressive law enforcement is undermining addiction treatment. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout September 5, 2019 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing Sanders Unveils Plan to “Fundamentally Transform” Criminal Legal System The platform condemns America's "overly-punitive approach to public safety." By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams August 18, 2019 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Trump Reviewing Rule That Would Allow Drug Testing for Unemployment Benefits Such screenings would amount to demeaning and unconstitutional invasions of privacy. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams August 12, 2019 Truthout
Interview | Culture & Media The War on Drugs in Mexico Is Also a War on Journalists Journalist Marcela Turati talks about the devastating effects of the drug war on Mexican migrants and reporters. By susie day , Truthout July 27, 2019 Truthout
Interview | Racial Justice Pot Industry Owes Reparations to Those Criminalized for Drug Use Three leading thinkers and activists in cannabis economic justice discuss strategies with Laura Flanders. By Laura Flanders , Truthout May 25, 2019 Truthout
Interview | Human Rights The War on Drugs Is Just One of Several Being Waged in the Philippines "CounterSpin" interviews Amee Chew on the Philippines under Rodrigo Duterte. By Janine Jackson , FAIR April 29, 2019 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing Puerto Ricans Are Resisting Policing as a Solution to Crisis Policing is a form of "colonial crisis management" in Puerto Rico, says author Marisol LeBrón. By Anton Woronczuk , Truthout April 21, 2019 Truthout