Sydney Sauer 
To Move Beyond Abstinence-Only, We Need Better Tools to Measure Recovery
Recovery from a substance use disorder has traditionally been conflated with “sobriety,” or total ...
Drug Testing Defeats the Purpose of “Second Chance” Hiring
Opening employment opportunities to people with prior convictions, often called “second chance hiring,” can ...
Indigenous OD Mortality Plummets in Minnesota, But Disparity Remains
Indigenous people face persistent disparities in access to harm reduction services in the United ...
Tennessee Harm Reductionist Faces Charges for Drug Checking
A constant threat to harm reductionists is that without clear legal protections, their lifesaving ...
People Seeking Methadone or Bupe Face “More Stress Than You Know”
Methadone and buprenorphine are widely prescribed and considered gold-standard medications for opioid use disorder ...
Harm Reduction Vending Machines Work, Says 30 Years of Research
From New York City to rural Oklahoma and across the world, harm reduction vending ...
Music Festival Attendees Embrace DIY Drug Checking Despite Barriers
As temperatures rise and music festival season kicks into gear across the United States, ...
Test Strips Do Tell You If Xylazine Is Present, But Prone to False Positives
Xylazine has emerged as a major adulterant in the unregulated drug supply in recent ...
Secret Shoppers Struggle to Buy Naloxone, Syringes at Texas Pharmacies
Since the Food and Drug Administration approved over-the-counter (OTC) naloxone in 2023, pharmacies nationwide ...
Community “Bad Batch” Alerts Contrast With Algorithmic OD Prevention
In 2020, Ohio-based nonprofit the SOAR Initiative launched a pioneering “bad batch” alert system. ...
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