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Beyond Stigma: How Researchers May Trigger Drug Users

Harm reductionists have long called on journalists, politicians and treatment providers to adopt non-stigmatizing language when speaking about people who…

June 15, 2020

Scrutinizing Bernie Sanders’ 10 New Prosecutor Endorsements

When it comes to candidates for top prosecutor in many of America’s biggest cities, Bernie Sanders’ previous endorsements have foreshadowed…

June 15, 2020

Solidarity, Not Charity: Mutual Aid in LGBTQ+ Drug-Using Communities

Mutual aid has never been in the spotlight in the way it is now. As a result of COVID-19 and…

June 15, 2020

Don’t Forget Prosecutors When It Comes to Defunding

Since the brutal murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis cops, activists across the country have passionately called to defund the…

June 11, 2020

NYPD to Grow Its Homeless Outreach, Amid Social Service Agency Cuts

Amid growing calls by 2020 Uprising protestors to #DefundNYPD, the New York Police Department (NYPD) is slated to expand its…

June 11, 2020

Safe Consumption Means Safe Inhalation, Too: An All-Inclusive Model

Methamphetamine-related harms vary across Canada. Our west coast has obviously been hit hard, as British Columbia and Alberta have suffered…

June 11, 2020

FDA Greenlights Private Sector to Purge Websites Selling “Unapproved Opioids”

A new private-public partnership aims to purge the internet of "unapproved opioid" vendors in the name of ending the so-called…

June 10, 2020

Fighting Racism in a Small, Conservative Town in New Jersey

  Outrage over racism and police brutality epitomized by the murder of George Floyd has been so pervasive that away…

June 10, 2020

“Social Workers Belong in Police Departments” Is an Offensive Statement

Last week, the New York State Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers posted a graphic on Facebook that…

June 10, 2020

Local and National Efforts Focus on Stopping Police “No-Knock” Raids

The protests sparked nationwide—and worldwide—by the death of George Floyd have also concerned the March killing of a young Black…

June 9, 2020