by Devin Rauscher | Oct 17, 2022 | Boston University
On October 6, 2022, President Joe Biden announced a mass presidential pardon of all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession. In his statement, he emphasized the importance of doing so to “right the wrongs” of disproportionate convictions and the barriers...
by Marley Belanger | Nov 19, 2021 | Suffolk University
The United States is facing two catastrophic challenges simultaneously, a pandemic, and a forgotten but long-present epidemic, the US opioid crisis. While talk of opioids and overdoses is not new to many Americans, the death rate and the recent dramatic uptick of this...
by Frank Mastroianni | Nov 25, 2020 | Northeastern University
The United States is in the midst of a sea change in public opinion in how it approaches the issue of drug addiction. Proposed changes are not only increasing in popularity by the year but are also arguably good policy that allow for better outcomes for those who have...
by Theresa Soldan | Nov 20, 2019 | Salem State University
Since 2016, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs has claimed the lives of over 20,000 people attracting global attention. In reality these killings have very little to do with cracking down on drugs and everything to do with enabling President Duterte’s...
