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Confidentiality for Patients With Substance Use Disorders Is Under Threat

When patients seek treatment for substance use disorders (SUDs)—in a society that stigmatizes and discriminates against people with SUDs in…

January 17, 2019

Inside Brooklyn’s First Medical Cannabis Dispensary

I'm greeted by an employee sporting a crisp button-down and a dotted blue bow tie. Petite succulent plants decorate the…

January 17, 2019

Call to Develop Meth Addiction Meds Mustn’t Obscure Woeful Lack of Access to Existing Tools

Meth's Resurgence Spotlights Lack of Meds to Combat the Addiction," reads the headline of an article first published on Kaiser…

January 16, 2019

If Staten Island Has a Drug Problem, DA McMahon Is Its Enabler

New York City’s  “Forgotten Borough” may be an island just five miles south of Manhattan but it has a deeply…

January 16, 2019

Chemsex First Aid Is Part of Queer Men’s Long History of Activism

Chemsex—or the use of GHB, methamphetamine or mephedrone in sexual settings in the queer and trans community—provides a means for…

January 15, 2019

The Haunting Memorials of Philly’s Drug Wars Have Much to Teach Us

Three weeks before Christmas, a car made its way slowly up Howard Street, a narrow one-way thoroughfare in the Latino…

January 15, 2019

A Harm Reduction Guide for Parents of Teens Who Vape

The panic around teenagers who vape was ratcheted up a level last month, when the US Surgeon General, Dr. Jerome…

January 14, 2019

The Parenting Journey of a Mom Whose Daughter Survived 13 Overdoses

Across North America, older people who never attended a protest in their lives are contacting elected officials and marching in…

January 11, 2019

Dem Donor Ed Buck Accused of Exploiting Black Gay Men in “Slave Play” After Two OD Deaths at His Home

Two Black men have died at the West Hollywood home of a prominent Democratic Party donor in separate incidents in…

January 11, 2019

Virginia Is at a Drug Policy Crossroads

Virginia harm reduction advocates should organize and refocus their efforts in the legislature, if they want to prevent the state’s…

January 10, 2019