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Oakland, CA – Today the American Public Health Association announced that Rachel A. Davis, executive director of the national nonprofit Prevention Institute is receiving the 2019 APHA Award for Excellence.
In their op-ed in California Health Report, Sarah-Michael Gaston of Youth Forward and PI's Juliet Sims explain how cities' taxes on marijuana are going toward funding for the police instead of the communities most harmed by the War on Drugs. They offer recommendations for how cities can shift these funds from the criminal justice system back into the communities they were intended to benefit in the first place.
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Welcome to our media digest for the week ending August 7, 2020! Each week, PI compiles a round-up of the latest public health-related news, with an eye toward media framing and language, particularly as they relate to the role of primary prevention. The views expressed in these articles do not reflect those of Prevention Institute.
