Heat Emergencies and Lancaster’s Jail

Heat Emergencies and Lancaster’s Jail

(A revised, shorter version of this essay was later published in LNP. See the Op-Ed in my next blog post.) At 9:15 AM, it was already uncomfortably warm in the meeting room in the Lancaster County (PA) jail, where the Prison Board held its June 26th meeting. The room,...
PA Legislative Update: Rally in Harrisburg 

PA Legislative Update: Rally in Harrisburg 

I’ll view the solar eclipse later today from a different vantage: the steps outside the PA State Capital in Harrisburg. April 8, 2024, is a “Rally & Legislative Day” for Syringe Service Program Legalization and Health Policy Network LLC  is proud to be one of the...
“Enabling” People to Stay Alive 

“Enabling” People to Stay Alive 

I wrote this Letter to the Editor in LNP, Lancaster’s daily newspaper, about the misconception that harm reduction “enables” people to further their addiction, and referred to my January 2022 testimony in Harrisburg. Please advocate for the “Expanding Syringe...