“One of the principle harms of the drug war is that society fails to treat people with dignity. And to me, a prosecutor disrespecting the wishes of a person who dies of drug overdose would just be one more act of turning their backs on people who needed help”
– GREY GARDNER, A LAWYER WITH THE DRUG POLICY ALLIANCE
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