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Lisbon, Portugal, Brings Alcohol Harm Reduction to Unhoused People

Around the world, unhoused people lost access to drugs they need to survive as a result of disruptions to incomes…

January 27, 2021

Biden Is Opposing a Promising Step Toward Buprenorphine Deregulation

In the final week of former President Trump’s term, the US Department of Health and Human services (HHS) announced a…

January 27, 2021

What Harm Reductionists Want From Biden’s “Drug Czar”

On January 20, the Biden administration announced Regina LaBelle as acting director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.…

January 26, 2021

Why We Need Public Financing for Prosecutor Election Campaigns

There is an elephant in the room for some on the left who count criminal justice reform among their priorities.…

January 26, 2021

New York’s Two Marijuana Legalization Paths: Will Lawmakers Get It Right?

After two years of false starts, could 2021 be the year that New York finally legalizes marijuana? All the stars…

January 26, 2021

Will Biden’s HHS Protect OD Survivors’ Medical Privacy Rights?

As President Joe Biden begins his term, his Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has the opportunity to halt…

January 25, 2021

I Switched From Vaping Back to Smoking, Thanks to India’s Government

I remember fumbling with the lighter so much that a friend had to light my first smoke for me. I…

January 25, 2021

Brooklyn Federal Prison Denying Communication Rights in Pandemic

The Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC), a federal facility in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, has a long history of neglect and abuse,…

January 25, 2021

“I Want the Same Protection”—Canadian Peer Harm Reduction Workers Unionize

Like their counterparts in the United States and around the world, Canadian harm reduction "peer" workers have for decades been…

January 21, 2021

Biden Has a COVID Plan, But Won’t Learn Deeper Health Care Lessons

Donald Trump, the corrupt, narcissistic demagogue, has left the Whitehouse in the midst of a pandemic that killed 400,000 people…

January 21, 2021