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Overdose Epidemic: A $59 Million EBay Settlement Paying For Pill Presses Sold Online

Lindsay Whitehurst The e-commerce giant eBay will pay $59 million in a settlement with the Justice Department over thousands of pill press machines sold on the the platform. The machines can be used to manufacture counterfeit pills that look just like prescription pills but instead can be laced with substances like fentanyl, a synthetic opioid drug that is largely Read More…

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PACT Calls For An end To Unnecessary Arrests

Suspended licenses in Miami-Dade result from failure to pay fines 63% of the time. In Miami-Dade County alone, roughly 400,000 residents live under the specter of imminent arrest and lifelong penalties for minor driving offenses that many municipalities throughout the state have already decriminalized. People Acting for Community Together (PACT), an interfaith network of 40 Read More…