Sessi Kuwabara Blanchard

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

    How Canadian Drug Users Helped Save an Injectable Opioid Agonist Program

    Amid a historic fatal overdose crisis, the Canadian province of Alberta wanted to end ...

    Washington Court Decriminalizes Drugs: Will Lawmakers Let It Stand?

    In February 2021, two states decriminalized drug possession. One was much anticipated; the other ...

    Will Rhode Island Be the First State to Legalize Safe Consumption Sites?

    The prospect of safe consumption sites (SCS) for mitigating the United States’ historic overdose ...

    Without Evidence, Right-Wing Media Smears Seattle Harm Reductionists

    Right-wing media outlets are attacking a Seattle, Washington, harm reduction organization for promoting safer ...

    Charleston, WV, Wants a Syringe Service Program. Electeds Want It Criminalized.

    Despite efforts by Charleston, West Virginia, politicians to re-criminalize syringe distribution, harm reduction is ...

    A Guide to Lisbon’s Forthcoming Managed Alcohol Program

    Since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, Portuguese officials have worked to ensure supports ...

    How a Chemsex Activist Teaches Yoga as Harm Reduction

    In the context of a neocolonial global marketplace commodifying South Asian religious practices, yoga ...