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November 25, 2024
How California’s Embrace of a Tough-on-Crime Measure May Undo a Decade of Reform
Victoria Valenzuela
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April 8, 2024
“We Need to See the Bigger Picture”: How Cuts to Medicaid Hurt Public Safety
Alex Burness
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March 7, 2024
Drug Treatment Crisis Grows in West Virginia, But State Just Looks Toward More Punishment
Alex Burness
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May 15, 2023
How Will Philadelphia’s Next Mayor Tackle the Overdose Crisis?
Clare Boyle
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March 22, 2023
In Pennsylvania’s 2023 DA Races, There’s Already a Winner: Unopposed Prosecutors
Daniel Nichanian
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March 8, 2023
Oklahomans Reject Recreational Weed in Low-Turnout Election
Daniel Nichanian
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March 7, 2023
Maryland Inches Forward on Harm Reduction to Fight Overdoses
Alex Burness
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January 20, 2023
With Marijuana Bill, Minnesota Democrats Seek to Repair Harms of War on Drugs
Alex Burness
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November 9, 2022
Wins and Losses for State Referendums to Legalize Weed and Psychedelics
Alex Burness
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October 21, 2022
How Years of Organizing Put Drug Reform and Diversion on the Ballot in Central Texas
Michael Barajas
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October 13, 2022
Six States Are Voting on Legalizing Weed or Psychedelics
Alex Burness
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September 14, 2022
In the Netherlands, Safe Drug Consumption Sites Are Saving Lives. The U.S. Is Resisting.
Jaisal Noor
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June 9, 2022
Maine Prosecutor Election Unfolds Under the Shadow of State’s War on Drugs
Eoin Higgins
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June 10, 2021
Norfolk Elects Prosecutor Who Says Crime Is a “Symptom of Structural Racism”
Daniel Nichanian
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April 12, 2021
Philadelphia D.A. Race Could Ramp Up the War on Drugs
Maura Ewing
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March 17, 2021
Landmark Rulings Show ‘Untapped Potential’ of State Courts To Advance Civil Rights
Daniel Nichanian
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December 18, 2020
How States Transformed Criminal Justice in 2020, and How They Fell Short
Daniel Nichanian
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December 17, 2020
The Election That Could Thwart New York City’s War On Drugs
Sam Mellins
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November 5, 2020
How Criminal Justice Reform Fared at the Ballot Box on Tuesday
Daniel Nichanian
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Anna Simonton
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November 4, 2020
Four States Just Legalized Marijuana
Kaila Philo
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September 25, 2020
In Colorado’s D.A. Races, Disagreements Abound on Criminal Justice Reform
Daniel Nichanian
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September 1, 2020
Oregon Could Become the First State to Decriminalize Drugs in November
Zachary A. Siegel
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August 11, 2020
Broward County Will Elect Its First New Prosecutor in 44 Years. Will the Office Veer Left?
Jerry Iannelli
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July 16, 2020
Missouri Voters Could Expand Medicaid and Curb the Overdose Crisis
Zachary A. Siegel
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December 20, 2019
From Marijuana to the Death Penalty, States Led the Way in 2019
Daniel Nichanian
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October 24, 2019
D.A.s Increasingly Treat Overdoses as Homicides. Will November Reel That In?
Daniel Nichanian
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