NJ Spotlight News reposted this
Decades after its start, the drug war continues to destroy lives & communities. It’s time to embrace harm reduction. “While the drug war may have been done under the guise of public safety or public health, in practice it was really about criminalizing particular communities, particularly communities of color, low-income communities and other people that were really [pushing] for much-needed social change,” Campaign Strategist Ami Kachalia told NJ Spotlight News. https://lnkd.in/eYp2rAC5
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1moFantastic to hear about the center in Paterson. There need to be many more! We need to stop putting band-aids on these issues. Thank you for the great work that you do. <3