Drug Treatment

News February 14

A Drug Company Says This Shot Will Keep You Out of Prison

Johnson & Johnson uses the prospect of jail time to market a schizophrenia drug.

By Taylor Elizabeth Eldridge

News January 29

North Carolina Fixes a Glitch — For One Guy

After a Marshall Project story, a man serving nine years in jail is moved to a prison.

By Joseph Neff

News May 10, 2017

A Fresh Take on Ending the Jail-to-Street-to-Jail Cycle

For troubled repeat offenders, a chance at a supportive place to live.

By Christie Thompson

The Frame March 13, 2017

Surviving Foster Care: 2 Brothers, 2 Different Paths

A stint in juvenile detention excluded one from the financial support that automatically went to the other.

By Celina Fang

News March 1, 2017

A Better Way to Treat Addiction in Jail

Medications are effective, but jails are still slow to provide them.

By Beth Schwartzapfel

Commentary January 18, 2017

Dear President Trump: Here’s How to get Right on Crime, Part 2

End overcriminalization, reward success, pay attention to the heroin crisis.

Vikrant P. Reddy

Life Inside June 9, 2016

I Survived a Suicide Attempt in Jail

And it made me a different person.

By Anonymous as told to Maurice Chammah

Commentary June 6, 2016

Why Prince’s Death Shouldn’t Lead to Bad Drug Policy

Lessons learned from the crack epidemic.

By Jeremy Haile and Michael Collins

Commentary June 5, 2016

Forget Closing Rikers

That’s not happening. Instead, why not make it a model?

By Susan Stellin

Life Inside May 12, 2016

What I’ve Learned as a Jail Doctor

And the case I’ll never forget.

By Alia Moore

News January 19, 2016

Massachusetts Mobilizes to Treat Addicted Moms

Jail time increasingly gives way to residential programs.

By Meredith Derby Berg

News November 6, 2015

Is the U.S. Ready for Safe Injection Rooms?

A widespread heroin problem could open the door to a once-radical idea.

By Beth Schwartzapfel

News August 14, 2015

Narcan: It Saves Lives. Does It Enable Addicts?

For frustrated police, it’s a quick fix but no solution.

By Carl Stoffers

Analysis August 12, 2015

When Heroin Hits the White Suburbs

Suddenly it’s not a crime problem, it’s a health problem.

By Andrew Cohen

News July 13, 2015

For the First Time, Vermont Will Search Prison Staffers

The drug use that plagues the state now haunts its cellblocks.

By Carl Stoffers

Q&A May 7, 2015

‘Methadone Is Better Than Jail’

A conversation with Sandie Alger, former inmate and recovering heroin addict.

By Eli Hager

News February 17, 2015

The Anti-Heroin

Is Vivitrol an answer to addiction? A drug-plagued county thinks so.

By Alysia Santo