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Topic: War on Drugs

Spatiotemporal Analysis Exploring the Effect of Law Enforcement Drug Market Disruptions on Overdose, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2020–2021

For decades, efforts by police to seize illicit drugs have been a cornerstone strategy for disrupting drug markets and removing...

First We Get the Money: $12 Billion to Fund a Just Chicago

Chicagoans deserve real community safety—a city in which every child has a fair opportunity to grow up and achieve their...

Police Violence: Reducing the Harms of Policing Through Public Health–Informed Alternative Response Programs

Police violence is a public health issue in need of public health solutions. Reducing police contact through public health–informed alternative...

Criminalization vs. Care: How the 20 Largest US Cities Invest Their Resources

In this report, Communities United, Movimiento Poder, Reimagine Richmond, and the Social Movement Support Lab examine the 2022 budgets of...

The Throwaways: Police enlist young offenders as confidential informants. But the work is high-risk, largely unregulated, and sometimes fatal.

Informants are the foot soldiers in the government’s war on drugs. By some estimates, up to 80% of all drug...

Reimagining Public Safety in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County: A Community Vision for Lasting Health and Safety

As acknowledged by the City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, racism is a public health crisis in this region. Yet,...

A community response approach to mental health and substance abuse crises reduced crime

Police officers often serve as first responders to mental health and substance abuse crises. Concerns over the unintended consequences and...

Crime Stoppers, America’s Most Wanted, and Rise of Vigilante TV News

This episode examines how news and pop cultural media deputize and urge listeners, readers, and viewers to act as neighborhood...

Police Responses to Domestic Violence: A Fact Sheet

Survivors want safety and support. Defunding police is a survivor-led anti-violence strategy that stops police from looting resources survivors need...