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A Fentanyl User’s Dispiriting Search for Safe Supply in Toronto

When I heard earlier this year that a safe supply of opioids would be made more widely available for people…

December 3, 2020

“Wasp Dope”—Under Prohibition, Insecticide Becomes Meth Replacement

In Appalachian Kentucky, drug users' difficulty accessing unregulated markets may be driving the uptake of a novel psychoactive substance in…

December 3, 2020

NYC’s New Non-Police Mental Health Crisis Response Still Resembles Policing

New York City receives 200,000 mental health-related 911 calls each year. In addition to the Emergency Medical Technicians who respond…

December 2, 2020

Leaked FBI Report: Drug Sellers Practice Harm Reduction

The recognition that people who sell drugs can play a crucial role in reducing the harms caused by drug criminalization…

December 2, 2020

Burning Issues: A Call to Liberate Vapes and Vapers

“Tobacco harm reduction is good public health and health promotion, starting with the people who matter: smokers and those who…

December 1, 2020

Watch: How Unhoused, HIV+ Queer People Resisted NYC Gentrification in the ’90s

As New York City Mayor Rudolph Guliani's gentrifying assault on the gay West Village got underway in the 1990s, a…

December 1, 2020

I Recently Used Naloxone to Save a Life. Limiting Access Is Unforgivable.

One moment, I was dabbing off a smudge of eyeliner in front of the bathroom mirror, just a commonplace, mundane…

November 30, 2020

UK Drug Council Knows GHB Crackdown Targets Queer People, Recommends It Anyway

Spurred by media panic around a so-called "chemsex crimewave," the United Kingdom's independent drug policy advisors are recommending that people…

November 24, 2020

Policing Associated With Higher HIV Risks Among People Who Inject Drugs

Police interactions are associated with higher HIV risks for people who inject drugs, according to new research. An analysis of…

November 24, 2020

My Psychedelic Love Story: An Interview With Filmmaker Errol Morris

On the surface, Joanna Harcourt-Smith had the kind of life many people dream of. As a young socialite in the…

November 24, 2020