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Why Is Harm Reduction for Queer Meth Users So Understudied?

It's no secret that the US harm reduction movement prioritizes opioids and the people who use them in its research…

June 12, 2019

Sinister Motives, Moral Panic Behind Florida’s Persecution of Sex Workers

Bruce Colton, the chief elected prosecutor of Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee and St. Lucie Counties in Florida, is anything but…

June 12, 2019

NYC Defenders: District Attorneys Breaking Their Promises to End Marijuana Prosecutions

On June 11, New York City public defenders released data demonstrating that district attorneys are continuing to prosecute "low-level" marijuana…

June 11, 2019

Harm Production: Ontario’s Brutal Cuts Add Fuel to the Overdose Fire

Viewed from the United States, Canada’s comparatively liberal social mores and universal healthcare would seem to set the stage for…

June 11, 2019

#ChangingTheNarrative—A Much-Needed Campaign to Improve Media Coverage of Drugs

On June 8, the Atlantic published a misleading story that suggests people who use drugs will seek out the potent opioid fentanyl…

June 11, 2019

New Zealand Government Initiative Shows Welcome Support for Tobacco Harm Reduction

The New Zealand government has launched an online resource endorsing—and educating about— vaping products as valuable harm reduction tools for…

June 11, 2019

All-Time High European Cocaine Supply Underlines Rationale for Fair Trade

Cocaine, most widely used illicit stimulant in European Union countries, is surging in the drug supply. With coca cultivated mostly…

June 10, 2019

Filter Video: Inside Portugal’s First Mobile Safe Consumption Site

In April of this year, Portugal, a country well known for having decriminalized all drugs in 2001, got its first…

June 10, 2019

If We Wrote About Caffeine Like We Do Other Drugs…

Genelle Chaconas can’t go a day without caffeine. They consume the powerful stimulant in the form of coffee—a psychoactive drink…

June 10, 2019

Safe Consumption Site in Philly Has 90 Percent Support Among Locals

Communities most impacted by the overdose crisis are more likely to back groundbreaking interventions like safe consumption sites (SCS) in…

June 7, 2019