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  • Treating Street Violence As A Contagion, Baltimore Looks For More Than One Cure

    Armando Trull

    February 24, 2016 |

    American University Radio (WAMU) |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    When lawmakers try to tackle gun violence, they often turn to measures like adding police officers or cracking down on illegal guns. But what happens when they treat violent crime as a public-health problem? Counselors invite patients to join the Violence Intervention Program, offering a host of services intended to break the cycle of violence.

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  • Chasing Heroin

    Marcela Gaviria

    February 23, 2016 |

    PBS Frontline |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    A two-hour investigation places America’s heroin crisis in a fresh and provocative light -- telling the stories of individual addicts, but also illuminating the epidemic's years-in-the-making social context, deeply examining shifts in U.S. drug policy, and exploring what happens when addiction is treated like a public health issue, not a crime.

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  • The Options and Obstacles to Treating Heroin Addiction

    Priyanka Boghani

    February 23, 2016 |

    PBS Frontline |

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    Response Location: United States, Staten Island, New York

    The heroin and opioid epidemic in America has raised questions about how to effectively treat addiction. Many now say medication should be offered alongside counseling.

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  • Hillary Clinton Wants to End the School-to-Prison Pipeline. She Should Embrace Restorative Justice.

    Alexandria Neason

    February 23, 2016 |

    Slate |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    Restorative justice programs essentially focus on rehabilitation instead of punishment. Schools that use the model try to understand and address the deficits that provoke students to misbehave, and teach students how to reconcile the consequences of their actions with all those affected by them.

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  • Portugal: Drug Decriminalisation

    Fi Glover Henrietta Moore Martha Lane Fox

    February 17, 2016 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Portugal

    By decriminalizing drug possession, Portugal removed a barrier preventing addicts from reaching out for help. The country treats drug use as a public health concern, offering free rehabilitation services and a needle exchange program. Although social taboos persist, drug-related deaths and HIV infection rates are at all-time lows.

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  • Medicines to Keep Addiction Away

    Tina Rosenberg

    February 16, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Barnstable, Massachusetts

    A battery of drugs, some new and some long known, have been proven to give addicts support in staying off drugs and alcohol after rehab.

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  • Searching for Solutions as Heroin Claims 10,000 Lives

    Dana Roberson Jillian Weinberger

    February 10, 2016 |

    The Takeaway |

    Podcast |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    What changes in U.S. policy can help contain the heroin crisis? For answers, we turn to Mark Kleiman, a professor of public policy and director of the Crime Reduction and Justice Initiative at New York University’s Marron Institute, who discusses the advantages of different treatments and approaches.

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  • An unprecedented experiment in mass forgiveness

    Rob Kuznia

    February 08, 2016 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    In California, once a national innovator in draconian policies to get tough on crime, voters and lawmakers are now innovating in the opposite direction, adopting laws that have released tens of thousands of inmates and are preventing even more from going to prison in the first place.

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  • No Toilets for the Homeless

    Stacey McKenna

    January 20, 2016 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Living without shelter often means forgoing “perks” like indoor plumbing. Here’s how nearly 600,000 Americans get by, and how providing public toilets can improve a city's overall sanitation.

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  • Can a new victims advocacy movement break cycles of violence?

    Mark Obbie

    January 13, 2016 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    A growing number of organizations—rallying around victim advocacy—are calling for shorter sentences for offenders and better counseling for victims across the United States.

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