Carceral Health Care Is Designed to Fail
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed how U.S. health law and policy fails to protect people in custody.
Criminal Law
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Read more: How the Dobbs Ruling Will Affect People with Substance Use Disorder How the Dobbs Ruling Will Affect People with Substance Use Disorder
In a post-Roe America, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are all in jeopardy, especially for individuals who struggle with substance use.
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Read more: Misleading, Coercive Language in Bills Barring Trans Youth Access to Gender Affirming Care Misleading, Coercive Language in Bills Barring Trans Youth Access to Gender Affirming Care
Don’t be fooled by the savior titles and biased “evidence;” these bills are neither compassionate nor protective.
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Read more: Psychedelic Policy on the Federal Level: Key Takeaways from a Petrie-Flom Center Panel Psychedelic Policy on the Federal Level: Key Takeaways from a Petrie-Flom Center Panel
Key takeaways from a virtual panel discussion with three leading psychedelic policy advocates.
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Read more: Microdosing at Work: Business and Legal Implications Microdosing at Work: Business and Legal Implications
Private sector employers should reconsider the implications of a blanket prohibition on workplace use of controlled substances.
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Read more: To Promote Health Equity, States Must Restrict Police Intervention in Mobile Crisis Response To Promote Health Equity, States Must Restrict Police Intervention in Mobile Crisis Response
The implementation of 988, a national mental health crisis hotline, should center non-police responses to behavioral health emergencies.
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Read more: Prison Health Care is Broken Under the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy Prison Health Care is Broken Under the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy
Incarcerated individuals need health care, but punitive policies make securing access to care particularly difficult among this population.
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Read more: Correctional Sleep: Where Litigation Falls Short and Where Research, Policymaking are Needed Correctional Sleep: Where Litigation Falls Short and Where Research, Policymaking are Needed
U.S. incarcerated populations have long dealt with chronic sleep deprivation, often with little to no reprieve.
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Read more: Washington Psilocybin Bill Would Legalize Supported Adult Use Washington Psilocybin Bill Would Legalize Supported Adult Use
On Tuesday, Washington State legislators filed a bill that would legalize the supported adult use of psilocybin by people 21 years of age and older.
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Read more: The Road to Systemic Change: Health Justice, Equity, and Anti-Racism The Road to Systemic Change: Health Justice, Equity, and Anti-Racism
Placing community first and allowing them to drive solutions-based strategies is imperative to the health justice movement.
