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Drug War History: Opium, Chinese Immigration & The Rise of the “Yellow Peril”

America’s earliest federal drug control efforts were xenophobic, racist, and anti-immigrant efforts politicians tried to pass off as…

Jul 9, 2020

Drug War History: Opium, Chinese Immigration & The Rise of the “Yellow Peril”

Jul 9, 2020

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The Equity Organization

Drug War History: Anslinger, Armstrong and America’s Early Anti-Cannabis Crusade

How racism, fears of miscegenation and one man’s all-consuming hatred of jazz drove America’s early anti-cannabis crusade.

Jul 3, 2020

Drug War History: Anslinger, Armstrong and America’s Early Anti-Cannabis Crusade

Jul 3, 2020

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The Equity Organization

Drug War History: The Myth of the Murdering, Marijuana-Smoking Mexican

In the 1920s, the rapidly-changing demographics of the American Southwest threatened the survival of the country’s racial caste system…

Jun 30, 2020

Drug War History: The Myth of the Murdering, Marijuana-Smoking Mexican

Jun 30, 2020

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Drug War History: The Origins of Marihuana, the Mexican Menace

How income inequality, Mexican folk songs and the rise of Pancho Villa laid the early groundwork for America’s War on Drugs.

Jun 29, 2020

Drug War History: The Origins of Marihuana, the Mexican Menace

Jun 29, 2020

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The Equity Organization

A Friendly Reminder: Decriminalization Doesn’t Do Enough

Decriminalization measures aim to reduce the number of — and racial disparities related to — cannabis arrests. Unfortunately, these…

Jun 28, 2020

A Friendly Reminder: Decriminalization Doesn’t Do Enough

Jun 28, 2020

Natalie Papillion

Justice, Race & Responsibility in Public Health

We’re encouraging the National Institute on Drug Abuse—as well as other federal agencies—to acknowledge their complicity in perpetuating…

Jun 9, 2020

Justice, Race & Responsibility in Public Health

Jun 9, 2020

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The Equity Organization

Enough with the Marijuana Malarkey

Biden’s anti-legalization position is becoming a political liability. It’s time the Presidential candidate changed his approach to…

Jun 2, 2020

Enough with the Marijuana Malarkey

Jun 2, 2020

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The Equity Organization

Reefer Madness: The Racist Origins of Marijuana Prohibition

Racism, xenophobia and one man’s all-consuming hatred of jazz kicked off the criminalization of cannabis; our illegal, “essential” plant.

Jun 1, 2020

Reefer Madness: The Racist Origins of Marijuana Prohibition

Jun 1, 2020

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The Equity Organization

How FDR pulled the country out of the Great Depression.

Roosevelt financed his New Deal policies—and helped to end the Great Depression—by repealing alcohol Prohibition. Could we do something…

May 26, 2020

How FDR pulled the country out of the Great Depression.

May 26, 2020

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The Equity Organization

On the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Recent Cannabis-Related Rule Changes

Full text of my public comment on the DEA’s proposal re: “Controls To Enhance the Cultivation of Marihuana for Research in the United…

May 22, 2020

On the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Recent Cannabis-Related Rule Changes

May 22, 2020

Natalie Papillion

Natalie Papillion

Executive Director of The Equity Organization. Writing, researching, and advocating for drug policy and criminal justice reform. www.equityorganization.org

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