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Harm Reduction Can Help to Heal Law Enforcement’s Rift With the Public

Police participation in harm-reduction measures that protect public health and serve communities is a growing good news story. It can also play a part in repairing a battered reputation.

Diane Goldstein

Social Justice

The Other Prison Health Crisis

Hepatitis C is common behind bars, but sick prisoners aren’t getting treatment.

Lauren Kirchner

News in Brief

New Research Debunks One of the Oldest Myths About Marijuana

Reefer Madness was just that: madness.

Jared Keller

Social Justice

When Addicts Get Out of Jail

New research suggests that maintaining methadone treatment in jails and prisons would save lives.

Lauren Kirchner

Social Justice

How to Regulate Home-Brewed Opiates

Genetically engineered yeast will soon be able to make morphine from sugar. Tech policy experts fear a generation of Walter Whites.

Kate Wheeling

News in Brief

How America Overdosed on Drug Courts

Hailed as the most compassionate way for the criminal justice system to deal with addicts, drug courts were designed to balance punishment with rehabilitation. But after 25 years, the verdict is in: Drug courts embolden judges to practice medicine without a license—and they put lives in danger.

Maia Szalavitz

News in Brief

American Judges Are Playing Doctor—and Doing Harm

An early look at a Pacific Standard story that's currently only available to subscribers.

Pacific Standard Staff

Environment

Seamless for Marijuana Isn’t Just a Stoner’s Dream Come True

It’s not just customers who are benefiting from the Silicon Valley-style normalization of the marijuana market.

Kyle Chayka

News in Brief

How Public Policy Made Indiana’s HIV Crisis Worse

Political opposition to needle exchanges, reproductive health services, and other public health fixtures has helped create an outbreak in Scott County, Indiana.

Noah Berlatsky

News in Brief

Three Data-Based Answers to Top Questions About Marijuana Policy

Pacific Standard dips into the archives for some hard numbers on pot.

Francie Diep