On Tuesday, December 19, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a motion aimed at...
Drugs & Drug Treatment
Drug courts face choice: Close or expand access after Prop. 47 fallout
Proposition 47 removed the threat of jail time for simple drug possession. Now participation in...
String of Fatal Overdoses at Lancaster Prison Points to Urgent Need for Treatment on the Inside
David Weed was two months shy of his 38th birthday when he died from an overdose of fentanyl and...
How States Address Opioid Use Disorder in Prisons
Editor’s Note: California Governor Gavin Newsom’s May budget revision included $71.3...
LA County Supes Approve New Dependency Drug Court for Families Caught up in the Child Welfare System
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted a motion to adopt a “Family...
The Orange County Register Replies to Richard Wexler’s Op Ed about “Crack Baby Journalism”
Editor’s Note: Earlier this month, child welfare expert Richard Wexler wrote an Op-Ed...