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New Study: Syringe Service Providers Could Have Prevented the Scott County HIV Outbreak

In the wake of the unprecedented outbreak of HIV among people who inject drugs in Scott County, Indiana 4 years…

May 1, 2019

How the World’s Oldest Drug Checking Service Makes High-Risk Pills “Unsellable”

Don’t sit on your day job,” Daan van der Gouwe advised people who operate drug checking services. By which he…

May 1, 2019

Why Worldwide Drug Policy Progress Is Driven From the Ground Up

In many places across the world, progress toward harm reduction, decriminalization and legalization is happening. But it’s typically driven from…

April 30, 2019

Sharing “Cookers” Heightens HIV Transmission Risk—But There’s An Easy Way To Fix That

Sharing injection drug preparation equipment, like "cookers," increases people's risks of transmitting HIV, according to a study released online in…

April 30, 2019

“Liquid Handcuffs”—A Documentary to Free Methadone

There's nothing greater than living," says Ellis (above), who takes methadone. "We all want to live." Evidence shows that methadone…

April 30, 2019

Bernie Sanders Backs #BreakThePatent Fight for Universal PrEP Access

The fight for universal access to PrEP medication for HIV prevention was picked up by Vermont Senator and presidential hopeful…

April 29, 2019

Huge Harm Reduction Gathering Allows Portugal to Teach the World

To walk down the hill to the Douro River in Porto on a sunny day is to navigate a delightful…

April 29, 2019

Joe Biden: Another Drug War Champion Enters the 2020 Ring

On April 25, Joe Biden announced his long-anticipated bid for the 2020 Democratic nomination. He has polled as favorite and,…

April 25, 2019

Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome, Without the Hype

Cannabis hyperemesis syndrome (CHS) is nothing new, but nonetheless lacks a diagnosis code. This means that nobody—including the Centers for…

April 25, 2019

Trump Doubles Down on “Drug-Free” America and the Death Penalty

President Donald Trump's contradictory messages about his response to the opioid-involved overdose crisis were on full display during a self-congratulatory…

April 25, 2019