Sessi Kuwabara Blanchard

    Sessi is an independent drug journalist and drug-user activist. She lives in New York City.

    NYC Jail Deprived Trans Women of MAT for Years

    Between 2015 and 2018, transgender women incarcerated in New York City’s first-of-its-kind Transgender Housing ...

    Why Drug Dealers Are an Under-Utilized Anti-Overdose Resource

    Last year, a man in his 20s attending Electric Forest, a Michigan music festival, ...

    Harm Reduction Is Growing in Scotland—But So Are Overdose Deaths

    In November 2018, Scotland launched a revised national drug policy that prioritizes recovery resources, ...

    What Happens When a Syringe Exchange Is Shut Down

    HIV infections are surging in Cabell County, West Virginia. On April 4, 2019, the ...

    Global Drug Survey: Large Majority of Cocaine Users Would Pay More for Safer, “Fair Trade” Supply

    As the international cocaine supply becomes increasingly risky, most people who use the drug ...

    Bolsonaro Cuts Harm Reduction, Escalates Drug War

    Largely unreported in English-language news media, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has pulled the plug ...