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Fighting addiction in Seattle, where incarceration isn't the treatment of choice

Here's Kristof in yesterday's NY Times: Seattle Has Figured Out How to End the War on Drugs…

Clean needle exchange programs may be both helpful and harmful

Here's a recent NBER working paper that looks at the effects of opening a place where intraveno…

Fighting trafficking by decriminalizing sex work in Mexico City

The Guardian has the story: Mexico City will decriminalize sex work in move against trafficking &qu…

Federal government contests safe injection facility in Philadelphia, where the overdose rate is four times the homicide rate

When will they ever learn? The Washington Post updates us on Federal efforts to prevent exploration…

Working alone: sex work in Britain

In Britain, prostitutes often feel compelled to work alone because working together puts them at ri…

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