Policing Public Health: Carceral-Logic Lessons from a Mid-Size City
Where a health state is intertwined with carceral logics, enforcement becomes coercive.
Behavioral Health
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Read more: To Address the Overdose Epidemic, Tackle Pharma Industry Influence To Address the Overdose Epidemic, Tackle Pharma Industry Influence
To combat the opioid epidemic, we have to understand how regulators failed to protect the public health as the market for prescription opioids grew.
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Read more: A Sensible, Evidence-Based Proposal for Kratom Reform A Sensible, Evidence-Based Proposal for Kratom Reform
Instead of fueling the long-failed War on Drugs by repressing kratom, the FDA should strengthen consumer confidence by creating uniform regulations.
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Read more: Mental Health Moonshot: Unlocking Federal Funds for Psychedelics Research Mental Health Moonshot: Unlocking Federal Funds for Psychedelics Research
RecordingEvent Description The U.S. needs a mental health moonshot. Inspired by the Apollo moon landing, moonshots are ambitious projects with monumental goals. The U.S. has a history of funding moonshots with federal tax dollars, and the Human Genome Project is one recent example. More recently, in 2016, President Obama and Vice President Biden announced the…
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Read more: The Case for Non-Police Response to Behavioral Health Crises The Case for Non-Police Response to Behavioral Health Crises
Despite being both feasible and effective, alternatives to police intervention for behavioral health crises remain the exception, rather than the rule.
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Read more: How Supervised Injection Sites Can Help Address the Overdose Crisis How Supervised Injection Sites Can Help Address the Overdose Crisis
To save lives and improve individual and community outcomes, supervised injection sites should be part of the response to the opioid epidemic.
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Read more: Addressing the Overdose Epidemic: Substance Use Policy for the Biden Administration Addressing the Overdose Epidemic: Substance Use Policy for the Biden Administration
RecordingEvent Description For twenty years, overdose deaths in the U.S. have sharply increased. In 2019, more than 70,000 Americans died of drug-related causes. Preliminary data suggests the COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating this trend. To address the overdose crisis, President Biden released a plan for increased utilization of drug courts and mandatory drug treatment. But these…
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Read more: The Myth of Psychedelic Exceptionalism The Myth of Psychedelic Exceptionalism
Psychedelic drug reform is not occurring at the expense of other drug reforms. Instead, it paves the way for larger reforms.
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Read more: Advancing a Public Health-Promoting National Opioid Policy Advancing a Public Health-Promoting National Opioid Policy
An American public health and safety-promoting drug policy agenda grounded in sound science is long overdue.
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Read more: Bold Steps Needed to Correct Course in US Drug Policies Bold Steps Needed to Correct Course in US Drug Policies
Moving the United States beyond the opioid overdose crisis and pernicious inequities in law enforcement requires bold, innovative solutions.
