07/12/16
By Julie Netherland
This morning New Yorkers awoke to news in the New York Times and New York Post that on Tuesday dozens of people in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn had severe reactions to a batch of K2, a commonly used name for synthetic… Read More
05/05/16
By Julie Netherland
A few years ago Nicholas Kristof, an op ed writer for the New York Times, penned an opinion piece titled Professors, We Need You! Nowhere is this truer than in drug policy where scientific evidence seems to have little… Read More
03/23/16
By Julie Netherland
As policymakers weigh “what to do about drugs,” they almost always focus on the potential harms of drugs and almost never on the harms of our drug policies themselves. But earlier today an esteemed group of… Read More
11/30/15
By Julie Netherland
As we commemorate World AIDS Day today, we need to remind ourselves that today is more than remembrances and reflections. As we look back to honor those who have died, we should also look forward and take action to prevent… Read More
10/19/15
By Julie Netherland
A few weeks ago, a remarkable – perhaps unprecedented – event took place. Nearly 650 people packed a church on Manhattan’s Upper East Side to demand supervised injection facilities (SIFs) in New York… Read More
09/09/15
By Julie Netherland
In case you missed it, the walking dead are taking over East Harlem. The New York Times referred to an area of high K2 use in East Harlem as "a street of zombies;" the New York Daily News (citing NYPD Commissioner… Read More
02/10/15
By Julie Netherland
For almost three years, I’ve worked alongside many others to create safe and legal access to medical marijuana for New York’s sickest residents. The bill that passed last June was a compromise bill. Key… Read More
12/15/14
By Julie Netherland
This holiday season, a time when I am normally filled with thoughts of light and hope, I find myself reflecting on the horrors of our failed war on drugs. I’m thinking about all the families torn apart by the drug war… Read More
09/29/14
By Julie Netherland
Those who would perpetuate the failed drug war claim they want to protect the children.
But nothing could be further from the truth. The drug war overall, and marijuana prohibition specifically, hurts young people.… Read More
09/16/14
By Julie Netherland
I don’t smoke, but I find myself fascinated by and passionate about the debate over e-cigarettes. Why? Because e-cigarettes illustrate how harm reduction approaches to drug policy, particularly maintenance… Read More