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…
It’s hard to write a story about events of which you have almost no recollection. But as the days pass,…
Over the last year or so, I have been purchasing most of my supply of drugs—including fentanyl, cocaine, Xanax, MDMA…