Claire Macon in Providence, Rhode Island, has one of the rarest job titles in the United States: overdose prevention center…
I’ve experienced a lot of harms related to substance use, but the one that got me into harm reduction was…
In North America, fentanyl and other potent synthetic drugs in the supply have been associated with an unprecedented overdose crisis…
North America’s unregulated drug supply has grown ever more unpredictable, which often means deadly. Since the arrival of fentanyl, the…
There are all kinds of reasons a person who uses drugs might need to go to the emergency room. These…
Safe consumption sites don’t just protect people from fatal overdose within their walls, suggests recent research. The study, published in…
I’ve always enjoyed using benzodiazepines. These depressants—the best known are pharmaceutical brands like Xanax, Valium and Ativan—produce a distinct type…
True safe supply means a legal and regulated supply of the same drugs people access through the unregulated market. In Canada,…
The overdose crisis in British Columbia has killed more than 10,000 people since 2016, when it was first declared a…
As a teenager I was always anxious, to the point I never felt comfortable in my own skin. But that…