Substance abuse

patterned use of a drug in which the user consumes the psychoactive/chemical substance substances in amounts or with methods which are harmful to themselves or others

Commentary Cities, Health, Public Safety California, Homelessness
May 26 2026
Spencer Pratt Is Right — the Homeless Problem Is Mostly About Drugs
By Judge Glock Read More
Commentary Health, Culture
Feb 13 2026
The Best Ways to Regulate Marijuana
By Charles Fain Lehman Read More
Commentary Governance, Culture
Jan 06 2026
The Case for Prohibiting Vice
By Charles Fain Lehman Read More
Report Health, Governance Serious Mental Illness
Aug 14 2025
U.S. Psychiatric Hospitals Under Medicaid’s Institutions for Mental Diseases (IMD) Exclusion
By Carolyn D. Gorman Read More
Press Release Governance
Feb 04 2025
New Model Legislation: Overhauling Federal Homelessness Funding
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Press Release Public Safety, Governance
Oct 17 2024
New Report: California’s Prop 47 Exacerbated Crime and Drug Abuse 
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Report Governance, Public Safety, Health
May 23 2024
Drug Policing in the 21st Century Concepts and Strategies for Policing the New Drug Crisis
By Charles Fain Lehman Read More
Commentary Economics Drug Development, Healthcare
Jul 05 2023
Economics Newsletter: U.S. Leads in Amphetamine Deaths
By Allison Schrager Read More
Commentary Culture Culture & Society
Jan 30 2023
Did the Decline in Religiosity Cause Deaths of Despair?
By Charles Fain Lehman Read time 1 mins Read More
Report Public Safety, Cities, Health, Culture, Public Safety Policing, Crime Control, New York City, Serious Mental Illness, Poverty & Welfare, Policing, Crime Control
Feb 17 2022
Crime and Mental Illness in New York City: Framing the Challenge for the New Mayor
By Stephen Eide Read time 46 mins Read More