by decrim-news | Feb 1, 2022
Tamika Spellman February 1, 2022 https://tamikahs66.medium.com/we-cannot-arrest-our-way-out-of-substance-use-67ed30cb5d9e An opinion piece by Decrim Poverty Clearly, America has not learned its lessons from Prohibition. Criminalizing adult behaviors, acts, and...
by decrim-news | Jan 26, 2022
Maia Szalavitz January 26, 2022 Morgan Godvin arrived at the Multnomah County Inverness jail in Oregon in June 2013. She had volunteered to be locked up during a drug-court appearance for felony heroin possession. Like many Americans, she believed that incarceration...
by decrim-news | Oct 28, 2021
Laetitia Haddad October 28, 2021 Advocacy Coalition Launches To Decriminalize Drugs in DC Washington, D.C.-based activist groups have launched the #DecrimPovertyDC campaign aimed at decriminalizing drug use. The #DecrimPovertyDC campaign, made up of a coalition of...
by decrim-news | Oct 22, 2021
Matt Sutton October 26, 2021 https://drugpolicy.org/press-release/2021/10/new-poll-finds-more-four-out-five-dc-voters-support-decriminalizing-drug Contact:Matt Sutton 212-613-8026 [email protected] Release of Polling Data Follows Launch of Campaign by...
by decrim-news | Oct 22, 2021
Martin Austermuhle October 22, 2021 Groups Launch Campaign To Decriminalize All Drugs In D.C. And Create Safe-Use Sites A coalition of progressive groups in D.C. has launched a campaign to decriminalize all drugs and push towards a harm-reduction approach that would...
