The fabricated idea of a monstrous, disposable, 'other' from whom society has to be protected at all costs is at the heart of the catastrophe of mass incarceration.
To reduce deaths, Scotland must abandon failed punitive responses and prioritise harm reduction as part of a package of measures to promote health and welfare.
The Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission proposes a change in drug policy priorities, but critics riposte that a public-health-minded drug war is still a drug war.
Faced with a lack of official support for drug checking as a harm reduction response, a youth-led organisation is mobilising to empower and protect their peers and communities.
