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Today, drugs are more available, higher potency, and harder than ever to determine whether a pill is regulated or contaminated. In the last several months, the ...

Christina recently had the chance to talk with Jim Babka, Social Strategist for the Foundation for Harmony and Prosperity (FHP). Jim has spent decades thinking ...

The last few weeks have been so heavy, with many appalling events, and no matter what side of the political aisle you’re on, it’s felt ...

Last week we asked for your thoughts on the new drug called 7-OH. Responses came in within minutes, and represented a wide range of perspectives. ...

There’s a new, popular drug that some people use for health and others for recreation. People can become addicted to it, so there’s certainly potential ...

When Carlie Brockmann was 15 years old, her family became a foster family. That was the first time Carlie had been exposed to people struggling with ...

A message came in last week from a mom who is, in her own words, “desperate for a good resource” for help for her son ...

Earlier this month, Christina Dent took a trip with her husband to celebrate 20 years of marriage. Just before she left, she spent an hour ...

Christina Dent started on one end of the classroom and went down each row, giving every grad student a chance to share their thoughts on ...

Shortly after writing our last blog post, the CDC released provisional data showing overdose deaths declining by almost 27% in 2024! For years, we lost more and more ...

You know that feeling – when you say or do something and then think, “Oh my, that was vulnerable…Maybe I should take it all back!!”  It’s ...

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves has signed HB1077, regulating kratom, into law! This is a huge step forward for public health and public safety.

Ten years ago, most Americans had never even heard of fentanyl. Today, it drives an overdose crisis that takes nearly 100,000 lives every year. We ...

All around us, people are hurting, often alone, as they walk through an addiction themselves or with a loved one who’s struggling. You can offer ...

We were blown away by the incredible number of people who took action last week when we asked for your help contacting legislators in Mississippi ...

In Mississippi, we have an opportunity to keep the herbal supplement kratom legal so that adults who are 21 years or older can still access ...

We know that the far-reaching collateral consequences of drug prohibition have harmed millions of people … but what about animals?   It turns out that ...

Multiple times this summer, I’ve been talking to people at conferences and was told some variation of, “Fentanyl is just so deadly. I mean, you can ...

Sixty years ago, the Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health marked a huge moment in public health, significantly impacting smoking rates in the United States. It was a groundbreaking ...

I want to recognize and celebrate a significant milestone in the movement toward a better approach to drug policy. Maryland Governor Wes Moore recently signed an ...

A couple of weeks ago I got a request from a reader for my thoughts on Oregon and their recent changes to drug policy. This ...

I was standing next to the water fountain at the Mississippi Agricultural Museum when the person I was chatting with mentioned an article they just ...

Recently, I’ve heard political rhetoric that says we can lay blame for the fentanyl crisis on Mexico and the cartels — AND we should take ...

Two weeks ago I got a call from Patrick (name changed to protect his privacy), a young man I interviewed almost 3 years ago for my book. He’s been ...

Yesterday I gave a presentation to graduate students, and one of them made a comment that struck me. She mentioned that her family was deeply impacted by addiction as well as ...

At last week’s End It For Good Community Discussion in Natchez, MS, an attendee mentioned how cracking down on opioid prescribing led to many doctors ...

Last week I wrote a piece for Mississippi newspapers that’s also available here. In the article, I share the story of a young family in a Mississippi ...

 In the last 6 months, the number of non-violent drug offenders in Mississippi prisons has increased a staggering 27%, to over 4,000 people. Mississippi already ...

For those of us who live in Mississippi, where End It For Good is based, several things are happening right now. First, we now rank #1 in ...

Last week I spoke at the Mississippi Center for Re-Entry’s conference. The topic came up of whether or not criminal justice reform would continue to be ...

By Lee Clark Malouf My son, Robert, passed away in January 2017. He died of an accidental overdose of opioids. For me and my family, ...

“Do you think drugs should be legalized?” The first time I was asked this question, I got so angry I left the room. My response was ...

Last week Brett Montague, our CEO, and I spent several days in Washington, D.C. Wemet with lawmakers on behalf of End It For Good as well ...

By Dr. Carr McClain I give patients the synthetic opioid fentanyl almost every day in my surgical practice. It’s safer and has fewer side effects ...

I got a lot of feedback on last month’s newsletter commentary on whether stigmatizing drug use is a helpful prevention tool or a harmful barrier ...

A couple of weeks ago I was on an introductory call with the leader of a faith-based organization that works on other justice issues. As we talked ...

A couple weeks ago a mutual friend connected me with Jim, a father who lost his only child to an opioid overdose at 19 years ...

By Brett Montague Arresting people for drug use can make them virtually unemployable because of a criminal record. At a time when finding employees is ...

By Christina Dent Seven years ago, I became a foster mom. Through serving children and families in the foster care system, I saw that there ...

By Christina Dent When my son was four years old, he was given the synthetic opioid fentanyl. Twice. We were in the emergency room at the hospital ...

“We pray people change their thinking on this issue. It’s a matter of prioritizing life and allowing others to thrive.” — Lana Butler Hi friends, ...

By Dr. William Sansing Recently a colleague and I were discussing taking new approaches to crime and addiction, and he said something I hope will stick ...

Last week I got an email from a woman who is walking with her husband as he struggles with a drug addiction. It is incredibly ...

Yesterday I got an email from a young woman in Mississippi who agreed to let me share part of her message with you: “I am a ...

You may have seen on social media that I’m working on my first book! This week I’ve been writing about my childhood and how we ...

By Brett Montague Fifty years ago this week, on June 17, 1971, President Richard Nixon held a press conference in the White House Briefing Room ...

This month marks the 50th anniversary of Richard Nixon declaring a “war on drugs.” We need to ask ourselves a very important question: Has it ...

By Ranarda Wright A staggering 87,000 people died of a drug overdose in America in the 12 months ending September, according to the Centers for Disease ...

By Carr McClain Gen. William Sherman said, “War is cruelty. You cannot refine it.” Our generations-long War on Drugs should be viewed through this prism. The damage ...

By Bryan Keller It’s becoming clearer every day that our experiment in the criminalization of drugs has been a failure, just as the prohibition of ...

By Ken Flynt Mississippi has 78 people each serving 50+ years in prison on a non-violent drug charge, with no eligibility for parole. Twenty-one of ...

By Brett Montague For more than a century now, America has struggled to combat the harms of drugs. Today, we continue to suffer unnecessary drug-related ...

By Christina Dent What in the world is Kratom and why is it in the news? The answers to these questions and how we respond ...

By Bradley Wellborn, Esq. There are 121,000 Mississippians currently in need of treatment for substance use disorders, according to Dr. Mary Currier, the State Medical ...

By Christi Berrong It was Christmas time when I got the call.  My son, who was addicted to drugs, had been missing for a few ...

Today in Mississippi, taxpayers are funding two contradictory approaches to people struggling with drug addiction.  One approach results in an arrest and possibly jail time.  ...

By Guitta Hogue We are spending millions of dollars keeping people addicted to drugs in the criminal justice system. We could be using that money ...

Opioid Overdoes.  Drug Addictions.  Lives Torn Apart.  Those are the headlines today.  These are terrible problems in our society and I think they have been ...

That question was first directed at me 6 years ago. My response was typical for my demographic as a politically conservative Christian woman.  Have you ...

When we became a foster family three years ago, I was certain of at least one thing: mothers who used drugs while they were pregnant ...