In North Carolina, Black people died of an opioid overdose at the rate of 38.5 per 100,000 residents in 2021, more than double the rate in 2019. Terica Carter founded Hajee House Harm Reduction seven years ago after the overdose death of her 18-year-old son, Tahajee, who took an unprescribed dose of Percocet laced with fentanyl.

San Francisco's new public health policy requires city-funded programs that distribute clean needles and other drug supplies to more forcefully push illicit drug users into treatment. The new policy is to take effect on April 30. It's a dramatic shift from the strategies San Francisco has used in recent years to encourage drug users to seek treatment.

Dr. Katelyn Jetelina wrote a post last night about the destruction of the CDC and FDA. She points out that the cuts do not make us healthier. She explains that authoritarian regimes target public health and scientific institutions for strategic reasons. She offers some actionable steps we can take amid the destruction.

46,218 acts of violence against police officers were registered in 2023, eight percent more than in the previous year. BILD asked police officers how things really go on Germany's streets. They tell what their worst missions were and how just some survived.

Vera Action’s December 2024 poll of likely New York City voters found that people prefer comprehensive, community-based solutions over ones focused on police, incarceration, and punishment. New Yorkers want better policing, not more of it, and they support sending first responders to de-escalate tense situations.