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Sex Offender Registry Reform Is a Harm Reduction Issue

In the United States, anyone convicted of a sex offense is punished with two criminal sentences. The first is the…

September 7, 2023

FDA Decries Vape Misinformation of Its Own Making

Dr. Brian King, director for the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) at the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA),…

September 7, 2023

Psilocybin Helps With Major Depressive Disorder, Research Finds

When a group of adults with depression were given psilocybin, they saw much bigger improvements in their mental health compared…

September 7, 2023

In Tennessee, Unsanctioned Harm Reduction Work Gains a Foothold

In late 2021, after losing a friend to overdose, Miriam Field began distributing syringes, naloxone, glass pipes and other harm…

September 6, 2023

In Milwaukee, a Recovery Community Event Highlights Harm Reduction

On August 31, I spent time with people on the frontlines of the overdose crisis in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Taking the…

September 6, 2023

A Daughter’s Life and Death, Seen Through a Harm Reduction Lens

The book Addicted and Convicted: Letters from a Lost Daughter, published in August, tells the story of how Elizabeth Elliot…

September 6, 2023

OTC Narcan Arrives at Pharmacies, a Stepping Stone to Broader Access

The first week of September has seen major pharmacy chains across the United States roll out the nation's first over-the-counter…

September 5, 2023

Inside a Dutch Smartshop’s Harm Reduction Approach

Three 18-year-old kids shuffle into Herbal Spirit, a smartshop in The Hague, on the Netherlands coast. One of them, clearly…

September 5, 2023

CDC: Counterfeit Pill Overdose Deaths More Than Doubled During Pandemic

A September 1 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that overdose deaths involving counterfeit pharmaceutical pills…

September 1, 2023

Bangladesh Poised to Be the Next Asian Country to Ban Vapes

Bangladesh is close to imposing a total ban on nicotine vapes, which have helped tens of millions of people around…

September 1, 2023