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.

    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. ...

    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 ...

    In Rural Areas, People Who Use Drugs Face Particularly Severe Housing Crisis

    Compared to the media spotlight on urban homelessness and drug use, rural areas have ...

    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 ...

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