According to Fox 45 Now, a classy upstanding citizen was robbed & assaulted in an alley by her drug dealer, Tutu after asking him to turn away while s... <\/p>\n
Brian Smith <\/p>\n
Native New Englander now residing in South Carolina <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I love our president, his passion and I appreciate his proposal to heal the epidemic of opioid abuse, but I believe the bigger picture goes beyond treatment centers and expanding scope of practice. We need to assist our patients from the inside, the roots, only then can they truly begin to heal. <\/p>\n
Erica Benedicto <\/p>\n
Root-Cause Integrative PA-C, Yoga Teacher, Storyteller, Community\/Clinical Curator, Speaker, Thinker, Doer, Rapscallion <\/p>\n
Becoming a mother has really opened my heart. Besides being with family, I notice the compassion most when I am teaching yoga. One of my favorite plac... <\/p>\n
Pia Artesona <\/p>\n
Los Angeles-based yoga teacher, writer, life coach and mother-to-be <\/p>\n
A robust public conversation is currently unfolding led by the formerly incarcerated and seized by President Obama himself to reflect on our current criminal justice system and the lasting stigma and damage it causes those who have been in contact with it. But does a nation of second chances include those of us who are immigrants? <\/p>\n
Tania Unzueta <\/p>\n
Legal and Policy Director for Mijente and the #Not1More Campaign <\/p>\n
Iceland may be the world's most progressive country at reducing teenage substance abuse. In the more than 4 decades that I have studied, researched ... <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
In 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice confirmed Louisiana remained number 1, among the 50 states, with 38,030 in prison, a rate of 816 per 100,000 o... <\/p>\n
There are two problems with threatening long sentences to extract cooperation from low-level drug offenders. This strategy is ineffective in impacting the drug trade. It also inflicts immense collateral damage on innocent people and low-level offenders, while letting the guiltiest offenders off more easily. <\/p>\n
Amos Irwin <\/p>\n
Training Director at Law Enforcement Against Prohibition <\/p>\n
Boy, it isn't every day you get to write a headline like that! But those are the kinds of feelings Ted Cruz seems to bring out in everyone -- left, right, and center. <\/p>\n
During my imprisonment I had tried to commit suicide, been stuck with a knife, and was beat down with a pipe--but nothing hurt me more than my separat... <\/p>\n
Anthony Papa <\/p>\n
Manager of Media & Artist Relations, Drug Policy Alliance <\/p>\n
Jason Hernandez never thought he would see the outside world again. <\/p>\n
Today, drug cartels are playing the political activism game and are increasing their support base by appealing to the hearts and minds of millions of people through the widespread social discontent and the ideal of social justice. <\/p>\n
Ana Davila <\/p>\n
Masters in Science in Global Affairs and Transnational Security Candidate at New York University <\/p>\n
The disdain that the Amish faithful feel for family members who reject their all-encompassing religious worldview is such that they refuse to dine with them at the same table. <\/p>\n
Kathleen Frydl <\/p>\n
Historian studying US state power, policies, and the institutions that shape American life. <\/p>\n
In the United States, while there are shifting patterns of drug use, there is no simple relationship to the severity of the nation's drug laws. The caveat is that from the European study, relaxing penalties had equally unpredictable results. Annan's statement needs that bit of context. We rate this claim Mostly True. <\/p>\n
Undeniably, the world is splintering. Geopolitical blocs are forming once again, the nuclear arms race is reigniting and religious war rages. Globalization is in retreat as publics across the planet suspect trade agreements, politicians talk about building walls and refugees are turned away. Yet, as Parag Khanna, author of the new book, \"Connectography,\" writes this week from Singapore, \"the same world that appears to be falling apart is actually coming together.\" (continued) <\/p>\n
While mostly ignored by the media (and almost completely ignored in the debates), the issue is going to become a lot more important in the general election, as many states will have recreational legalization ballot initiatives to vote on. <\/p>\n
LISBON, Portugal -- This week's U.N. summit on the global drug problem is already a turning point in our collective journey toward improving global drug policy. Whatever the final formal conclusions, reforms are on and history is in the making. <\/p>\n
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