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"76 billion opioid pills: Newly released federal data unmasks the epidemic ," by Scott Higham , Sari Horwitz and Steven Rich, Washington Post, July 16, 2019
"Attorney general denounces murder charge over stillborn baby," by Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, August 08, 2020
"Racial Justice Protests Help Push Pot Reforms," by Crime and Justice News, The Crime Report, August 07, 2020
"In Albany, marijuana arrests fall almost entirely on Black residents," by Steve Hughes, Albany Times Union, August 02, 2020
"Drug users delivering stillbirths could face murder rap if this California case advances," by Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, August 04, 2020
"Law to Reduce Crack Cocaine Sentences Leaves Some Imprisoned," by Hailey Fuchs, New York Times, August 01, 2020
"Tennessee Reformed Its Harsh Drug-Free School Zone Laws. What About the Hundreds Still in Prison? ," by C.J. Ciaramella, Reason, July 16, 2020
"Coronavirus Pandemic Compounds Another Ongoing Crisis: The Opioid Epidemic," by Jeremy Hobson and Samantha Raphelson, WBUR, July 07, 2020
"Commentary: When My Brother Died Of An Overdose, The State Charged Two People With Murder. That Isn’t Justice.," by Daveen Trentman, The Appeal, July 07, 2020
"Nashville DA to stop prosecuting minor marijuana possession offenses immediately," by Mariah Timms, Tennessean, July 01, 2020
"Marijuana Laws ‘Central’ to Justice Reform, Advocates Say," by TCR Staff, The Crime Report, July 02, 2020
"Colorado Gov. Jared Polis says pardons for marijuana convictions can start in 90 days," by Saja Hindi, The Denver Post, June 29, 2020
"How Racism Fuels the Fentanyl Crisis in America," by Keegan Hamilton, VICE, June 30, 2020
"As opioids flooded tribal lands across the U.S., overdose deaths skyrocketed," by Sari Horwitz, Debbie Cenziper and Steven Rich, Washington Post, June 29, 2020
"Mayor Of Kansas City, Mo., Wants To Eliminate Marijuana Offenses," by Becky Sullivan and Maureen Pao, NPR, June 19, 2020