Drug Policy

August 2025

• Aug 31, 2025ExplainersWhat Is the Opioid Crisis? Analyzing Its Causes and EffectsThe opioid crisis has killed more than 645,000 Americans since 1999. Understand the three waves, the neuroscience of addiction, Purdue Pharma's...19 MIN6.5k

March 2024

• Mar 11, 2024CultureWhat Is Justice? An Exploration of Fairness and PhilosophyA rigorous evidence-based examination of criminal justice: theories of punishment, what deters crime, mass incarceration, racial disparities, what...18 MIN5.3k
• Mar 8, 2024CultureInsights on Drug Policy: Prohibition vs LegalizationWhat happened when Portugal decriminalized all drugs in 2001? What does cannabis legalization data show? What is harm reduction and does it work?20 MIN5.4k

July 2022

• Jul 28, 2022CultureThe Cobra Effect: Understanding Prohibition FailuresWhy does drug prohibition consistently fail? Explore the cobra effect, the iron law of prohibition, balloon effect, and what evidence from Portugal...4 MIN7.3k