Sydney Sauer

    Sydney is a sociology PhD student at Harvard University. She is also the former director of operations at The SOAR Initiative, and has given a TEDx talk on harm reduction for beginners.

    Community “Bad Batch” Alerts Contrast With Algorithmic OD Prevention

    In 2020, Ohio-based nonprofit the SOAR Initiative launched a pioneering “bad batch” alert system. ...

    What’s in the Drug “Strips” Common in Prisons and Jails?

    Over the past year, prisons in several states have banned physical mail for incarcerated ...

    BC Drug-Decrim Study Explores Problems With 2.5-Gram Threshold

    Since the inception of British Columbia’s drug decriminalization policy, which took effect in January ...

    Obituaries Experiment Highlights Stigma Against Overdose Victims

    Stigma is a powerful force working against the health and safety of people who ...