Maritza Perez Medina

In a new joint report, Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) reveal the severe impact of federal drug prohibition on immigrant deportations. As reported by Cultivated News, between 2002 and 2020, more than 500,000 immigrants were deported for drug offenses, many of which are...

For the first time in history, the Biden administration has declared a substance to be an emerging threat to the country. What happened: Dr. Rahul Gupta, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) officially designated fentanyl combined with...

In his second State of the Union, President Biden touched on what has been called the most serious issue the DEA has seen in decades and doubtless the country’s most pressing issue: the opioid crisis and more specifically the flood of fentanyl into the U.S.  More than...