This report is the product of a comprehensive review of the public health and criminology literature, an analysis of drug policies in the U.S. and abroad, and input from experts in the fields of drug policy and criminal justice. By highlighting the…

Prop. 64 legalized marijuana for adults 21 and over in California. It also allows individuals with prior marijuana convictions to apply to have their conviction dismissed. By reducing and removing these offenses from people’s records, Prop. 64…

Drug courts in the United States routinely fail to provide adequate, medically-sound treatment for substance use disorders, with treatment plans that are at times designed and facilitated by individuals with little to no medical training.  In a…

An Alabama internist who had received a second chance after running afoul of his state's licensing agency was sentenced last week in a federal district court to 10 years in prison for operating an opioid pill mill and laundering the illegal proceeds…

(mth) - Drei Ärzte, darunter der ehemalige Psychiater der Haftanstalt in Schrassig, sowie drei Krankenpfleger wurden am Dienstag in zweiter Instanz vom Vorwurf der fahrlässigen Tötung freigesprochen. In dem Prozess ging es um den Tod…

Cannabis may now be legal here, but drug policy experts say many Californians remain behind bars on marijuana-related charges. (New York Times, 17.05.2017) https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/us/california-today-marijuana-jail-sentences.html