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2020’s Biggest Wins and Losses for Canadians Who Use Drugs

Though 2020 was characterized primarily by the catastrophe of COVID-19, Canada’s public health landscape was marked by significant milestones—both forward…

December 30, 2020

How UK Club Bouncers Prey On People Who Use Drugs

For college students in Britain, where the culture of electronic music is deeply embedded in the university experience, fear of…

December 30, 2020

William Barr, Exiting, Quietly Guts Federal Court Oversight of Police

Less than two weeks before former US Attorney General William Barr announced his resignation on December 14, the top cop…

December 29, 2020

The Crisis of Marijuana Criminalization in Italy

In 2014 Elia was 17 and living in a small town in northern Italy where everything runs slow. And running…

December 29, 2020

Overdose Survivors’ Top Priorities Are Basic Needs, Research Shows

A new study elevating the voices of opioid users who survived an overdose found that emergency department (ED) healthcare workers…

December 28, 2020

What It’s Like to Be “Out” as a Person Who Uses Heroin

In May 2019 Louise Vincent, executive director of the Urban Survivors Union, urged privileged drug users to “come out” in…

December 28, 2020

Denver Sued by Advocates for Raiding Homeless Camps

People experiencing homelessness are joining with advocates to sue the city of Denver in federal court for its raids on…

December 24, 2020

Reason to Raise a Glass: The Alcohol-Zero-Tolerance Project Is Doomed

The World Health Organization has declared that there is no safe level of drinking—a zero-tolerance, just-say-no approach to alcohol. Public…

December 24, 2020

Congress Poised to Restore Drug War Victims’ Federal Student Aid Eligibility

Lawmakers have greenlit a massive COVID-19 relief bill containing a provision that would end a two-decade-long practice of blocking on…

December 24, 2020

CDC Recommends Drug-Checking Services Amid Historic Overdose Deaths

As the already-staggering death toll of the overdose crisis reaches historic heights, the United States' premier public health agency called…

December 24, 2020