Profile: Life of a Chinese anti-drug policewoman defined by courage.

Ren Shasha's job requires her to play many roles. She may need to play the part of a hotel receptionist, a passer-by, or even a couple with her colleague. However, these roles are all unrelated to the acting profession. They are instead a crucial part of her job as a border policewoman fighting drugs.

#AntiDrug #Policewoman
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🎁 #FreeRead | JeneenInterlandi @ #NYTimes spent a year following #OnPoint (#NYC), a two year-old #outreach program aimed to help #drugusers. Some of the #nonprofit's methods are "#controversial" but are working.

This deep-dive #editorial takes an eyes-wide-open look at failed #antidrug #policies, the #toughlove #Rx many/most Americans want administered to substance abusers, and OnPoint's "radical" (practical) solutions to saving lives and #taxpayer #dollars in #NY.

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After #reading this piece a couple times, I wondered: "Do "Americans" (people who #vote and #politicians) truly *want to solve the addiction, un/de-housed and incarceration epidemics in the US?" Nope. I don't think so.

📷 Donavon Smallwood

#newyork #drug #addiction #homeless #outreach #publichealth #crisis #epidemic #criminalization

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