Stories by Kristen Gwynne

Kristen Gwynne covers drugs at AlterNet. She graduated from New York University with a degree in journalism and psychology. subscribe to Kristen Gwynne's feed

Posted on: Jul 7, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Two activists found a surprise in their local police precinct--a poster with their mug shots, calling them "professional agitators" and providing police with their address.

Posted on: Jun 29, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Posted on: Jun 27, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Our government spends more than $7 billion annually to enforce marijuana prohibition in shockingly cruel ways, but the efforts have not deterred marijuana use.

Posted on: Jun 26, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Posted on: Jun 25, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Posted on: Jun 21, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Posted on: Jun 19, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Posted on: Jun 17, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Momentum has been building in the movement to end stop-and-frisk, but many were still amazed at the size of the crowd Sunday.

Posted on: Jun 1, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Posted on: May 31, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The media love a story about people going crazy from drugs. But that's rarely the true story.

Posted on: May 28, 2012, Source: AlterNet

A US district judge has exposed the NYPD game as an illegal system of quotas and racial profiling imposed on field police from the top of the NYPD.

Posted on: May 13, 2012, Source: AlterNet

For the NYPD's stats to add up, they'd have to have stopped every young, black man living in the city once--and then some.

Posted on: May 13, 2012, Source: AlterNet

A leader of Moms United to End the War on Drugs offers her thoughts on Mother's Day -- and how a sane, compassionate drug policy could actually keep our kids safe.

Posted on: May 8, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Pages