Finding a Nonviolent Approach to Address Public Drug Use

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 8, 2021

After residents near Washington Square Park complained about people openly using drugs, the police opted to close the northwest portion of the park, pushing users out to the rest of the park, which only furthered some residents' distress. Melissa Moore, New York state director of the Drug Policy Alliance, and Jawanza Williams, organizing director at VOCAL-NY, talk about why policing approaches to drug use often don't work and what alternatives exist.

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