Matthew Bonn

    Matthew is an International Board member with International Network of Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users, a knowledge translator for the Dr. Peter Centre and a harm reduction knowledge broker. He was previously the program manager with the Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs.

    Matthew’s freelance writing has appeared in publications including The Conversation, Doctors Nova Scotia, Policy Options and The Coast. He was also on the 64th Canadian delegation to the Commission on Narcotic Drugs. He is a current drug user and a formerly incarcerated person.

    Learning to Love My Track Marks

    [This article contains images of injection wounds.] When you have been injecting drugs for ...

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    Most Overdose Prevention Centers Are Urban. The Spot Was Different.

    In March 2024, lack of government funding led to the closure of The Spot, ...

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    Garth Mullins of “Crackdown” on Loss, Methadone and Drug-User Organizing

    Garth Mullins knows the pain of losing people all too well. In 2019, during ...

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    An Invisible Crisis: Brain Injury From Non-Fatal Overdose 

    Harms related to drug overdose are not limited to death. It’s important to remember ...

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    Ontario’s Unconscionable Supervised Consumption Sites Shutdown

    On December 2, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada, passed a law that will ...

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    To Me, International Drug Users Day Should Mean Pride

    International Drug Users Day, marked on November 1, is very near and dear to my ...

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    I Just Overdosed Again. This Time, It Was Different. 

    I’ve been using drugs—opioids, stimulants and many others—on and off for basically my whole ...

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    Overdose Response Training Should Teach the Jaw Thrust Maneuver

    I’ve been using fentanyl and other opioids, off and on, for the past 15 ...

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    Providence, RI, Overdose Prevention Center Set to Open This Fall

    Claire Macon in Providence, Rhode Island, has one of the rarest job titles in ...

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    World Hepatitis Day: How Scotland Worked With People Who Inject Drugs

    I’ve experienced a lot of harms related to substance use, but the one that ...

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