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People With COPD, Like My Husband, Are Being Failed

I was deep in thought at the store, flipping through my binder of coupons and trying to stretch our grocery…

November 19, 2025

Tennessee Is Prosecuting Prison Violence, and Making It a Lot Worse

It used to be that if someone in the custody of the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) stabbed another prisoner,…

November 19, 2025

Personal Attacks on THR Proponents Ramp Up Amid COP11

Tobacco harm reductionists have grown used to operating under fire as they seek access to safer nicotine products to help…

November 18, 2025

Harm Reduction Outreach Needs to Get Comfortable With Booty-Bumping

A few years back I had an outreach-based job doing hepatitis C testing and treatment, with participants who were often…

November 18, 2025

Stigma by Association Is Driving Workers Out of Harm Reduction

Everyone knows about the stigma faced by people who use drugs. What’s far less visible is the stigma experienced by…

November 14, 2025

Now the FDA Wants Nalmefene to Be a Fentanyl-Exposure “Prophylactic”

The Food and Drug Administration is reportedly providing guidance and “positive feedback” for a proposed nalmefene product that will last…

November 14, 2025

Trump Signs Bill to Recriminalize Most Consumable Hemp Products

President Donald Trump has signed a spending bill that includes provisions to ban most consumable hemp products. Following a historic,…

November 13, 2025

Grassroots Harm Reduction Sidelined in NY Opioid Fund Spending

“He was awesome,” Alexis Pleus, executive director of Truth Pharm, a small harm reduction organization based in Binghamton, New York,…

November 13, 2025

Are We Sure We’re Using Fentanyl Test Strips the Right Way?

Every couple of weeks a local media outlet does some coverage of fentanyl test strips (FTS) that tells basically the…

November 12, 2025

Inside One Hospital, a Discreet Project Fights Doctors’ Nicotine Bias

Medical professionals are badly misinformed about nicotine, with severe and tragic consequences for patients’ health. There are people working hard…

November 12, 2025