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March 7, 2024

Drug Treatment Crisis Grows in West Virginia, But State Just Looks Toward More Punishment

 Alex Burness,
May 15, 2023

How Will Philadelphia’s Next Mayor Tackle the Overdose Crisis?

 Clare Boyle,
March 22, 2023

In Pennsylvania’s 2023 DA Races, There’s Already a Winner: Unopposed Prosecutors

 Daniel Nichanian,
March 8, 2023

Oklahomans Reject Recreational Weed in Low-Turnout Election

 Daniel Nichanian,
March 7, 2023

Maryland Inches Forward on Harm Reduction to Fight Overdoses

 Alex Burness,
January 20, 2023

With Marijuana Bill, Minnesota Democrats Seek to Repair Harms of War on Drugs

 Alex Burness,
November 9, 2022

Wins and Losses for State Referendums to Legalize Weed and Psychedelics

 Alex Burness,
October 21, 2022

How Years of Organizing Put Drug Reform and Diversion on the Ballot in Central Texas

 Michael Barajas,
October 13, 2022

Six States Are Voting on Legalizing Weed or Psychedelics

 Alex Burness,
September 14, 2022

In the Netherlands, Safe Drug Consumption Sites Are Saving Lives. The U.S. Is Resisting.

 Jaisal Noor,
June 9, 2022

Maine Prosecutor Election Unfolds Under the Shadow of State’s War on Drugs

 Eoin Higgins,
June 10, 2021

Norfolk Elects Prosecutor Who Says Crime Is a “Symptom of Structural Racism”

 Daniel Nichanian,
April 12, 2021

Philadelphia D.A. Race Could Ramp Up the War on Drugs

 Maura Ewing,
March 17, 2021

Landmark Rulings Show ‘Untapped Potential’ of State Courts To Advance Civil Rights

 Daniel Nichanian,
December 18, 2020

How States Transformed Criminal Justice in 2020, and How They Fell Short

 Daniel Nichanian,
December 17, 2020

The Election That Could Thwart New York City’s War On Drugs

 Sam Mellins,
November 5, 2020

How Criminal Justice Reform Fared at the Ballot Box on Tuesday

 Daniel Nichanian, , Anna Simonton,
November 4, 2020

Four States Just Legalized Marijuana

 Kaila Philo,
September 25, 2020

In Colorado’s D.A. Races, Disagreements Abound on Criminal Justice Reform

 Daniel Nichanian,
September 1, 2020

Oregon Could Become the First State to Decriminalize Drugs in November

 Zachary A. Siegel,
August 11, 2020

Broward County Will Elect Its First New Prosecutor in 44 Years. Will the Office Veer Left?

 Jerry Iannelli,
July 16, 2020

Missouri Voters Could Expand Medicaid and Curb the Overdose Crisis

 Zachary A. Siegel,
December 20, 2019

From Marijuana to the Death Penalty, States Led the Way in 2019

 Daniel Nichanian,
October 24, 2019

D.A.s Increasingly Treat Overdoses as Homicides. Will November Reel That In?

 Daniel Nichanian,