Updates | The Week of August 21, 2017

Ian Eppler // 8/24/17 // Topic Update

President Trump has not filed paperwork declaring the opioid crisis to be a “national emergency,” in spite of referring it to as such several times (NYT).
Under Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ leadership, policies considered part of the War on Drugs are favored again, argues Lois Beckett at the Guardian.
Federal law should treat the crime of domestic terrorism on the same level as it does international terrorism, argues Mary B. McCord at Lawfare.

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