What is this podium of privilege? One of the most poignant experiences I’ve had in recent times is the training I did at SafeHouse Center, a nonprofit that provides free resources and support to survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence.
Read MoreBack in the 1960s, the US began the “War on Drugs.” This served to criminalize drug addiction and increased the number of incarcerated Americans which disproportionately affected African Americans and Latinos/Hispanic. Some are still incarcerated from the 1980s. During this epidemic, the drug of choice that led to alarming rates of incarceration was crack cocaine.
Addiction has continued to ravage communities. Today’s drug or substance of choice is opioids and they often come directly from one’s primary care physician.
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