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Troubling Report Shows Harm Reduction Provision Stalling Around the World

The harm reduction movement has made major gains nationally and around the world. But, according to a new report by…

December 11, 2018

Fears About Kratom Use During Pregnancy Are Overblown

Like people in general, pregnant people use non-prescribed drugs for many reasons. Opioids and stimulants are increasingly popular, as well…

December 11, 2018

Seven Ways (Just for a Start) the War on Drugs Violates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Global leaders celebrate Human Rights Day each December 10—often touting their own violent anti-drug policies as part of their state's…

December 10, 2018

Duterte Announces That His Murderous Drug War “Furthers Human Rights”

In the ultimate ironic observance of the 70th anniversary of the December 10, 1948 signing of the UN Declaration of Human…

December 10, 2018

By Ignoring Vaping, Mental Health Orgs Abandon Vulnerable Smokers

Recently, the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) came out in favor of the use of vaping…

December 10, 2018

Student Occupation Pressures NYU to Divest From Under-Fire Prison Food Supplier Aramark

As a stakeholder in this institution, it is appalling that my tuition dollars contribute to the oppression and degradation of…

December 7, 2018

How Harm Reduction Services Are Keeping Festivalgoers Safer

It’s around 4 am when I eat a brownie containing an unknown amount of THC. I’m at a festival in…

December 7, 2018

Pennsylvania Prosecutors Brought 186 Drug-Induced Homicide Charges in 2017

Pennsylvania prosecutors are having a love affair with the state’s drug-induced homicide law, despite its use having no deterrent effect…

December 6, 2018

Jamie Favaro’s Quest to Bring Online Naloxone Access Nationwide

What I've learned is that [syringe exchange programs] are everywhere," says Jamie Favaro, founder of Next Harm Reduction. "Even if…

December 5, 2018

Would You Pay More for Fair Trade Cocaine?

[This article was co-written with Zara Snapp and Julian Quintero.] People spend more per gram on cocaine than any other…

December 5, 2018