by decrim-news | Aug 1, 2023
Colleen Grablick August 1, 2023 https://www.npr.org/local/305/2023/08/01/1191252503/d-c-has-millions-of-opioid-settlement-dollars-to-spend-how-will-they-be-used At a time when opioid overdose deaths in D.C. are reaching record-breaking levels, the city is set to...
by decrim-news | Apr 11, 2023
Colleen Grablick April 11, 2023 As Local Opioid Fatalities Climb, Harm Reduction Advocates Push For Overdose Prevention Center For another year in a row, D.C. broke a deadly record, documenting more fatal overdoses than ever before. “This is murder, this is absolutely...
by decrim-news | Oct 31, 2022
Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler October 31, 2022 HAGLER: The War on Drugs is an Archaic, Racist Approach The war on drugs has had devastating effects on the Black community in the District of Columbia and the country. This so-called “war” has impacted the Black community in...
by decrim-news | Oct 20, 2022
Alexander Lekhtman October 20, 2022 DC Decriminalization, Harm Reduction Bill Gathers Momentum for 2023 In December 19, a group of 125 researchers, harm reduction workers, doctors and other experts sent a letter to the Washington, DC Council, urging it to...
by decrim-news | Aug 29, 2022
By Colleen Grablick August 29, 2022 Racial Disparities In D.C.’s Opioid Arrests Underscore Need For Decriminalization, Advocates Say New arrest data shows that Black D.C. residents are arrested almost seven times as often as white residents for opioid-related...
