Doug Johnson 
Canada’s Conservative Party Campaigns to Make Abstinence “Overarching Goal”
In the run-up to Canada’s election on September 20, the Conservative Party of Canada ...
Research Adds to Weight of Evidence on People Checking Drugs They Sell
It’s not just people who use drugs making use of drug test kits and ...
Alberta Government’s New Rules Set SCS Up to Fail, Advocates Say
More roadblocks loom for Alberta’s safe consumption sites, as the provincial government sets new ...
Harm Reduction Deserts: When Services Are Miles or Hours Away
Between stigma and bureaucratic challenges, accessing methadone and other medications for opioid use disorder ...
Vancouver’s Advancing Drug Decriminalization Plan Sparks Controversies
People who use drugs weren’t given a voice in Vancouver’s most recent step towards ...
Legalizing Opioids: Three Proposed Models for Non-Medical Use
A rarity among academic papers, a new piece of research proposes models for legalizing opioids ...
Why New 12-Step Members May Avoid Carrying Naloxone
For new members of 12-step programs like Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous, naloxone can ...
The Last Days of Heroin: Fentanyl’s Rise and the Pattern It Represents
Five years ago, British Columbia saw a change. People who use drugs in the ...
The “Secret Handshake”—A Program Gifting Cannabis to Unhoused People
For some people in Los Angeles’ homeless community, a dime bag of weed can ...
Pandemic Hits Harm Reduction Workers Hard—Particularly “Peers”
A few weeks back, Soma Snakeoil, an artist and the founder of Los Angeles-based ...
