Virginia’s primaries on Tuesday saw Ramin Fatehi clinch the Democratic nomination for Commonwealth Attorney in Norfolk, the site of a major showdown over reform in 2019. He is unchallenged in November.
Larry Krasner has been dropping drug possession charges at a growing pace. But his challenger in the May 18 primary wants to send these cases to drug court.
An emboldened progressive majority on Washington State’s highest court struck down a law that criminalized drug possession and expanded restrictions on life without parole.
This year of crises, revisited: Nearly 90 state-level bills and initiatives. 16 themes. 7 maps.
The office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor is on the chopping block in Manhattan’s 2021 DA race.
Voters elected new sheriffs and DAs who’ve vowed to challenge mass incarceration and ICE, and they approved initiatives to curtail drug criminalization and expand voting rights.
New wins for cannabis reform in Arizona, Montana, New Jersey, and South Dakota.
A ballot initiative could decriminalize low-level drug possession and fund addiction treatment.
In South Florida, the crowded Aug. 18 Democratic primary features one candidate who says he would not prosecute sex work and marijuana possession cases.
A referendum to expand Medicaid may be a turning point for a state with some of the worst health outcomes related to substance use.