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The CDC's batshit crazy advisory on "accidental fentanyl exposure" (that only impacts cops).

Arctic Blasted: Drugs & Dreams

Group to sell marijuana while drug testing poor people.

NYPD solves only 17% of larcenies but let's blame bail reform!

The US Right despises bravery because they're scared of everything.

Spoiled tech bros need a history lesson.

The five most disgusting prison meals.

Sam Quinones is Wrong Part II

What is even going on with cop 'fentanyl exposure' stories at this point?

The DEA is screwing all of us over.

Watch cops grab man's junk in NYPD propaganda video.

The stupid 'Twitter Files' show how wrong our priorities are.

NYC paramedic demolishes Eric Adams' dangerous new policy.

What happens when your Dad spends 25 years in prison for marijuana.

Justice and public safety go hand in hand.

What our politicians should learn from Michael Thompson.

Blood-Soaked Mayor Adams Announces Homelessness No Longer A Problem In New York City

Why are Americans so Alone?

Alcohol is the worst drug (when Americans drink it)

Alex Berenson: Dumb or grifter?

How police hold our democracy hostage.

Bodies bodies bodies: Happy Halloween from the New York Times.

Giving Thanks

Reform DAs—tired or wired? A debate with Nancy Rommelmann

The Real Reason for Colorful Fentanyl

A study in prohibition: Why world cup fans will be even drunker.

Elizabeth Holmes can redeem herself by exposing the cruelty of the system.

Russia is doing to Aleksei Navalny what America does to teenagers.

F*ck off Howard Wolfson: How "liberal" media hurts liberal causes.

Corrupt DEA Unit Laundered Drug Money

DEA: Drug dealers stuffing turkeys with fentanyl.

Eric Adams blames bail reform for everything—here are 4 cases where he was wrong or lied.

How many billions does NYPD need to catch rapists?

Midterms: Drug Policy Wins & Losses

Bad news for the "tough-on-crime" crowd.

People will literally die if Lee Zeldin is elected.

Our whole stupid discourse—liberal and conservative—summed up in one Fox News clip.

Join the new Substance chat

Why is MSNBC spouting Fox News talking points to get a Trumpist elected?

GOP and Dems unite to exploit grieving mother over bail and the "dangerousness" standard.

Blame Overdoses on Syringe Programs? Classic.

Dear NPR: Here's how to investigate crime instead of parroting what Republicans say.

After Halloween, Rainbow Fentanyl Disappears

The Vivitrol vs Suboxone Debate

There's no drug that makes you hit Nancy Pelosi's husband with a hammer.

I fixed the Democrats' messaging problem on crime.

Fewer cops. Better infrastructure.

NYPD needs another billion dollars to catch crazy guy with stick.

How Worried Should You be About Fentanyl in the Drug Supply?

Why is Fentanyl in Cocaine?

HISTORIC DRUG BUST: Police seize enough fentanyl to kill every person on earth.

The Washington Post sucks.

The Joker's Plot to Poison Halloween Candy

Oklahoma has more murders than New York.

Corporate media's drug and crime coverage sucks.

Are Republicans stupid about fentanyl? Or do they think voters are stupid?

Why are pundits obsessed with crime when voters aren't?

Why is nothing ever the police's fault?

The Economist: "Legalize Cocaine"

The Ferguson Effect is B.S.—Why do Smart People™ buy it?

What's Really Going on with Oregon's Drug Decriminalization?

Cowards on the 'left' and right unite!

We don't care about sexual assault.

Why hasn't 'Tough' DA Brooke Jenkins charged a man who attacked woman jogger?

Sentenced to 999 years for 1 robbery. Now he's dead.

The dumbest drug panic, ever?

Dank Brandon: a few questions about Biden's pot pardons.

Yes, Drug Users Are “Rational”

Beatings, stabbing, 'fentanyl sandwiches': Alabama's response to prison strike.

Alabama starving prisoners to end strike.

Are we wrong about the politics of crime?

Gavin Newsom: If I greenlight torture everyone will forget about the French Laundry.

Is NYPD stalking a child?

Cops wait 3 hours to respond to 911 calls as a woman was being murdered. Media blames bail.

Why don't crim justice reporters talk to people in the crim justice system?

Critics of Drug Decrim and Forced Treatment

DEA: Drug dealers pushing deadly peanut butter fentanyl to children.

The Atlantic publishes 100,000th article about reform DAs.

173% jump in arrests for turnstile jumping under Eric Adams—feeling safe?

New White House Action on Drug Policy

Teens like drugs, not candy.

Escape and Retaliation Inside Texas Prisons

"I'm a liberal, but ... " How rightwing lies have infested liberal crime discourse.

NYPD counter-terrorism spent millions saving Pineapple the dog this year.

This DA put a 16-year-old girl in solitary for a month for sending a selfie.

GOP presidential hopeful is a human trafficker.

Former progressive shakes fist at cloud, prison abolition.

The flat-earthers of crime discourse.

The flat-earthers of crime discourse.

Tough-on-crime DA let a man walk after rape and battery. He just beheaded his ex-girlfriend.

After gruesome beheading, critics wonder if the tough-on-crime DA movement undermines public safety.

CNN: Criminal justice reformers went back in time to coddle criminals who kill in the future.

Police are the biggest taxpayer rip-off.

Long prison sentences might cause—not prevent— violent crime.

Why did only 17 people die from drugs in Bulgaria in one year while the opioid crisis ravages America?

Sam Quinones is Wrong

Is NYPD lying about Rameek Smith's death?

Booze, fatty food and cigs are everywhere in Spain—yet Spanish people have a much higher life expectancy than Americans.

The Rhetorical Pitfalls of Harm Reduction

Embattled DA Brooke Jenkins fails to prosecute drugged up, window-smashing vagrants

If you believe in the "broken windows" theory of crime, build better neighborhoods with green spaces.

Scared of being pushed onto train tracks? Then "defund" police and divert the money to metal barriers on the train.

"Maniac" who went around assaulting "innocent people" placed in jail facility with kids.

Why does Bulgaria, the poorest country in the EU, have a safer train system than NYC, the richest place on the globe?

"Progressive" outraged that homeless man got off too easy with $5,000 bail.

Behind Harper's, The Opioid Prescribing "Debate" and Other Stuff

Carcereal "Leftists?" No thanks.

Canines on Crack: Are dogs in San Francisco getting high from eating poop? Part 2 of an ongoing investigation.

The—truly—shocking reasons police are so bad at solving rape cases.

95% of NYPD use of force incidents are against young Black and Hispanic men.

Are dogs in San Francisco getting addicted to meth from poop? An investigation.

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg commits to bringing back firing squads.

Dr. Carl Hart & The Case for Full Drug Legalization

New York Weed Mess: People of color busted for possession, while illegal sales are rampant and ignored by cops.

The NYPD continues to arrest people (of color) for weed—despite legalization.

Congratulations, ghouls, you broke Chesa Boudin.

Will Dems campaign on repro rights or keep kissing up to police?

Fox news just blasting out anti-semitic conspiracy theories about George Soros now.

Female reporter way too hot to cover state murder

Eric Adams tasks NYPD unit accused of kicking a woman with a newborn baby with ending homelessness.

Walmart is Rejecting Prescriptions and Screwing Over Patients With Addiction

"Chasing the dragon": Man faces prison after yet another cop thinks his panic attack is fentanyl exposure.

Joe Biden unites nation with police funding bill.

Weird—police abuse doesn't seem to stem violent crime.

Democrat and Republican strike rare bipartisan deal to blame everything on bail reform.

Trumpification of all politics: The Lee Zeldin mess should be a career ender. Instead it's a boost.

Congressman Lee Zeldin has PTSD flashback after seeing little girl's Hello Kitty backpack.

Did Republican Lee Zeldin conspire with a district attorney to throw an Iraq war vet under the bus as a campaign ploy?

GOPer denounces bail reform after attempted 'assault' with a "My Kitty plastic self-defense keychain"

"Lucky to be Alive": Sheriff's Deputy Rushed to Hospital After Accidental Fentanyl Exposure

The faux progressivism of cities where real estate and cop unions rule.

SWAT officer overdoses during drug raid after touching elevator button doused in fentanyl. (Satire)

Black people are almost 7 times more likely to be roughed up by NYPD than white New Yorkers.

Authorities warn public to avoid touching or licking fentanyl-covered dollar bills they find on the ground.

Now we get to murder women who get abortions.

"Progressive" DA so progressive Sean Hannity ❤️'s her.

Why are fascists like Putin and Tucker Carlson obsessed with drugs?

Zach on why cops are snorting Narcan like cocaine after bogus "fentanyl exposure"

That Time Freud Cured Sherlock Holmes' Cocaine Addiction

The Girlboss of mass incarceration once tried to get a 4-year-old to lie to put a likely innocent man in jail.

DEA head: We just seized the last batch of fentanyl in the U.S.

Why the drug war doesn't work, in one paragraph.

Will abortion bans make rich people care about our dystopian criminal justice system?

Cops waited 12 hours after 911 call to come to the apartment of a woman being murdered. Then they just left.

Why do so many buy bogus fentanyl exposure overdoses?

What happened when Switzerland gave prisoners heroin.

As 7th person dies at Rikers from a drug overdose, corrections officers consider maybe getting Narcan.

"Just One Touch": A Police Training Manual for Accidental Fentanyl Exposure

Maia Szalavitz on the toxic "cult" of tough love that's shaped addiction recovery for decades.

Off-duty police officer overdoses after grabbing bowling ball with fentanyl in the finger holes.

What Zach's Reading & Watching While Sick With Covid

"Heck yes!" Eric Adams responds to two fatal police shootings in one night.

New York man gets 30 years in prison after cops shoot each other in a 'friendly fire' incident.

GOAT Maureen Dowd's night out with Batman.

The murder case that shows the shocking cynicism of Chesa Boudin's successor Brooke Jenkins—and our gullible media.

Bari Weiss: A leopard ate a guy's face for daring to help police and this shows the wokes are out of control.

How did an anti-pot nitwit become an anti-vax nitwit? An investigation.

'Progressive' DA charges drug overdoses as murders, seeks 120 year sentence.

How the NYPD defines rape is bonkers—and so is their abysmal clearance rate.

'It was nice while it lasted,' homeless people on the return of law and order in San Francisco

Happy 4th! Man faces 3 years for throwing a hot dog at a cop.

Officer starts to scream and vomit after skin exposure to highly potent marijuana candy

Will police and prosecutors start treating pregnant women like sex workers?

Friday Freebie: Here are all the amazing subway performers Eric Adams would like to purge from the train

Crime Stoppers reports a 333% increase in child murders!

How conservatives are exploiting fentanyl to trounce progressives and moderate Democrats both.

This graph shows just how much Missouri AG Eric Schmitt cares about 'innocent life.'

Police Lieutenant: Cops should have no role in personal health decisions.

Cop running for Congress: Rape can't result in pregnancy because I only saw it happen one time.

Women aren't safe anywhere right-wing DAs rule— even in the bluest states

The SupCo just greenlit a massive expansion of the carcereal state (and possibly civil war)

Dumbest Stories of the Week: Prosecutor Warns of Juul Fentanyl, Cop Felled by White Powder, Toddler Finds Dollar Stuffed with Fentanyl

Remember when Mike Bloomberg tried to ban big sodas? Dems who want to ban Juul don't seem to.

Stoner beware: Marijuana is one million percent more potent than your father's weed!

The FDA Wants to Ban Juul

Why is liberal 'prestige' media revolting against criminal justice reform?

The Atlantic publishes billionth article about crime and the out-of-touch white liberals who love it.

All American SWAT porn.

There are at least 7 lies in this Washington Post editorial on criminal justice and Boudin

Are Nellie Bowles, Jonathan Chait, the Atlantic, the New York Times going to apologize for journalistic malpractice?

New research: Over 500,000 people could die of opioid overdoses by 2032

Can DAs be 'good at P.R.' without selling out?

What happened when my neighbors reluctantly called the cops

Bari Weiss's next hit job

If you're so scared of the city move to the suburbs

Actually, Chesa Boudin was voted out in the richest, whitest areas of San Francisco

What's up with San Francisco?

Media coverage of drugs and crime is atrocious—help us fight the mainstream narrative.

The message on crime is 'millionaires suck' and 'cancel your subscription to the Times'

It takes 59 seconds to look up crime stats—why don't reporters do it?

Real Time Bill Maher: Michael Shellenberger defends Uvalde police and forced institutionalization

Oh good, Elon Musk just endorsed a billionaire 'tough-on-crime' mall tycoon

DARE 2.0 is "Keepin' it Real" in US schools

'I've been beaten up by them': How police abuse sex workers they claim to save.

Eric Adams: Uvalde "not going to happen in NYC." Actually, NYPD stood around for over an hour while woman got stabbed

Eric Adams: Uvalde "not going to happen in NYC." Actually, NYPD stood around for over an hour while woman got stabbed

Cop Talk 101: A beginner's guide to police bureaucratese

Police prove they've still got it by shooting an unarmed pregnant woman 5 times

Why did it take the NYPD an hour and 20 minutes to enter the apartment of a woman being stabbed to death?

The Police Lie

Democrat thinks cops don't have enough weapons

Defund the police.

What if we diverted the billions we spend on policing on a massive gun buy-back program?

What's 'controversial' about overdose prevention centers?

Eric Adams thanks God he's mayor as second subway shooter eludes police and crime spikes

What if a 58-year-old woman drank as much as Johnny Depp?

What if a 58-year-old woman drank like Johnny Depp?

How did right-wing lies infect left-wing San Francisco?

The Atlantic publishes an idiotic hit job on Chesa Boudin ahead of recall

The falsehoods lobbed at Chesa Boudin are insane—if voters believe them we're all screwed.

Bari Weiss hones in on real victim of our racial politics: an old white man.

Finally! Jordan Peterson has figured out what causes addiction

Yes, Glenn Greenwald, Nancy Pelosi is an 'anti-police' radical

Why did the NYPD strip search a fruit vendor?

America's mass incarceration blind spot is a public health disaster waiting to happen

Shut up about San Francisco! Bill Maher is the latest to fearmonger about crime in the city

Is the NYPD lying about the police shooting of Rameek Smith?

Overdose Deaths Break Records in 2021 (Again)

Amber Heard's legal team is drawing a direct link between drugs and violent behavior—that's harmful and wrong

Eric Adams' Broken Churros Theory

More Detective Olivia Benson, less Detectives 'Bullethead' and 'Assman' on police forces.

It's not just the New York Times op-ed page that sucks

What is "recovery" from drug addiction?

Florida put an innocent man in prison for 30 years because of his name and false ID

Our super pro-life Supreme Court refuses to stop two executions

The crazy ex-NYPD cop who turned violent Jan. 6th has a cleaner record than many top detectives

Why our new overlord Elon Musk is wrong about drugs

When 'rehab' sets people up to die.

Biden's clemency order is a lesson in how little we've learned to expect

Colorado House Democrats Vote to Make Fentanyl Possession a Felony

"You can't pull in air": When you walk into your child's bedroom and they've overdosed

"You can't pull in air": When you walk into your child's bedroom and they've overdosed

What is the White House doing about overdose deaths?

Is addiction really a lifelong brain disease?

Why doesn't Joe Biden just legalize weed?

Jury selection is wildly racist.

Catholics and the death penalty.

What critics of defund get so, so wrong about US police

US slams 'authoritarian' Cuba for poor prison conditions and solitary confinement.

Colorado House Democrats Vote to Make Fentanyl Possession a Felony

Wanna stop people from doing bad drugs? Give them good drugs.

Teenagers use drugs less, but more are dying from overdoses

Meet the DA charging a woman with murder for an alleged abortion

WWJD? Jesus definitely would terrorize homeless people

Imagine if a progressive lawmaker saw a 44% spike in crime in their city?

How the US Drug Supply Became an Ungodly Synthetic Cocktail of Death

Are drug induced homicide cases the most boneheaded response to the opioid crisis?

Police Panic: Why Fentanyl Gives Cops "The Vapors"

Mississippi solves the overdose crisis by sending one drug dealer to prison for 124 years

This prosecutor stole 25 years from two innocent men

This prosecutor stole 25 years from two innocent men

GOP Senator who defended Brett Kavanaugh accuses Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of being soft on sex crimes

A Dangerous Shift in the Street Drug Supply: What to Know About Xylazine

Top NYPD brass don't know if "deeply vetted" anti-crime unit cops worked in the deadly anti-crime unit

Mayor Eric Adams' friend, former NYPD commander "vigorously opposed" to new anti-gun unit's supervisory structure

The Drug Supply is Contaminated!

Committed police reformer Eric Adams defends cop who lied under oath to send a kid to prison

Help us fight disinfo about drugs and crime

Cops brazenly lied to put 16-yr-old in jail

Meet the NYPD officer with 100 civilian complaints

WATCH: Q&A with Maia Szalavitz

Q&A: "The Media Loves Itself Some Drug War"

"Jump out boys": Deep dive into the NYPD plainclothes unit

What everybody misses about 'tough-on-crime' prosecutors

New Study: Major Shortage of Naloxone in Nearly Every U.S. State

Your good friends the cops want to help you get back at your ex

Pain Patients and Doctors React to New CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines

The United States had 1,055 fatal police shootings last year. Britain had 1.

White House Caves to Right Wing Smear Against "Crack Pipes"

Aaron Striz has been in solitary confinement for his whole adult life for a crime in which no one was hurt

Drug ODs spiked in Norway during Covid, and they did something about it!

Watch: Debate with Manhattan Institute fellow Charles Fain Lehman

New York Times overcounts NYC shootings by 300 in a column praising Adams, bashing progressives

The lies fueling tough-on-crime hysteria would make Trump blush

Moderates are the lunatics

The New York Times' subtle fearmongering might be worse than the trashiest tabloids

Crime Stoppers: NYC to stem gun violence by promoting snitching for cash

Bari Weiss is very, very wrong—and she's helping fuel the backlash against reform

Judge decries America's "off the rails" punishment regime

"Anarchy!" Conservatives lose their minds over moderate criminal reform

Conservative District Attorney slams progressive DAs—even as her own city drowns in crime

"Excited Delirium": Women's Murders Blamed on Sex and Cocaine

“Open Borders” & “China,” How Politicians Duck Responsibility and Cast Blame for Overdose Crisis

Eric Adams was beaten by cops from the 103rd precinct—what makes him think he can make them stop?

💉🍪🍁💩 The DEA Guide to Drug Emojis

“We’re doomed!” How panic over progressive DAs masks the poor records of conservative prosecutors

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