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 the country for the imprisonment...

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 on legislative agendas across the...

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, the last five years have...

“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 typical of my demographic as...

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 as the Cannabis Freedom Alliance,...

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 than Morphine, yet it’s now...

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 to getting help. It was...

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 he made the comment that...

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 old. Shortly after Zach passed...

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 difficult already, a punitive response...