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As Trans Women Incarcerated in Georgia, Our Medical Needs Are Brutally Ignored

Across the country, transgender people held within the prison-industrial complex face a litany of deprivations. Trans people are incarcerated at…

January 21, 2021

Coalition Demands Extra $15 Billion in Harm Reduction Funding From Biden Admin

A coalition of over 60 harm reduction organizations is calling for the Biden administration to increase federal funding to harm…

January 20, 2021

The Biden Administration and Drug Policy: Expectation Versus Reality

As President Joe Biden replaces President Trump, advocates are balancing hope with more realistic expectations about how much progress the…

January 20, 2021

Mexico President: DEA “Fabricated” Accusations Against Military Leader

The Drug Enforcement Administration's imperialist grasp on Mexico seems to be loosening. President Andres Manuel López Obrador has called out the…

January 20, 2021

Attorney General Merrick Garland a Disheartening Prospect

When a government agency is as punitive, secretive and capricious as the US Department of Justice often is, trying incremental…

January 19, 2021

Could Biden Make His Country’s Global Drug War Even More Imperialist?

As President Joe Biden takes office, he has before him a proposed plan to reinvigorate the global war on people…

January 19, 2021

Watch: A Visually Stunning Chemsex Support Campaign

A Spanish HIV/AIDS organization has launched a colorful video campaign meditating on queer men's chemsex experiences and their pursuit of…

January 14, 2021

Pandemic Hits Harm Reduction Workers Hard—Particularly “Peers”

A few weeks back, Soma Snakeoil, an artist and the founder of Los Angeles-based organization the Sidewalk Project, came across…

January 14, 2021

NYC Public Housing Residents Denounce Crackdown on Smoking in Their Own Homes

"You either become somebody who lays down and takes it, or you just get to that point that you can't…

January 14, 2021

Appeals Court Overturns Ruling That Legalized SCS; Safehouse Fights On

Just over a week before a more reform-friendly administration takes over in Washington, the US harm reduction movement was dealt…

January 13, 2021