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Essays on prison reentry, the overdose window after release, housing, and what evidence-based reentry support actually requires.
Reentry is the moment the system claims success and reality says otherwise. The first weeks after release carry the highest overdose risk. Housing instability, untreated mental health, and felony stigma stack on top of each other. These posts focus on the reentry window we keep wasting — and on policy changes that would give people a real second chance instead of a revolving door. If you run a reentry or recovery program, see how these ideas connect to ReturnPath, the facilitator-led curriculum built on the same lived experience.
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Drug Legalization Series · Part 13
We explore the connection between drug addiction and homelessness, mental illness, and housing first addiction recovery in part 13 of the drug legalization and regulation series.
Drug Legalization Series · Part 12
Prison release overdose risk is highest in the first days and weeks after release. This chapter explains which pre-release and post-release programs actually reduce overdose, recidivism, and instability.
Drug Legalization Series · Part 7
A recovery lockbox captures enforcement savings and regulated-market revenue to fund MOUD, recovery housing, and reentry using National Drug Control Budget FY 2025 realities and real jail costs.
Drug Legalization Series · Part 3
Being convicted of a drug felony: voting rights, gun rights, and the permanent sentence that is rarely talked about. Part 3 in the drug legalization series.
Drug Legalization Series · Part 2
Drug felony consequences go far beyond court. Here’s how felony drug possession consequences create employment and housing barriers, crush credit, and trap people long after release.