Deborah Small is a lawyer and social justice activist fighting back against the inequities of the US government's so-called 'war on drugs'.
She is the Executive Director of Break the Chains (USA) an organisation that aims to build the movement in communities of colour in support of drug policy reform with the goal of replacing failed drug polices with alternatives based in science, compassion, public health and human rights.
She's speaking at the Unify rally and at the Cutting Edge addictions conference in Auckland.