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The Harm Reduction Movement: Bigger Than Ever, But Facing Threats

If numbers gauge the health of a movement, this one is flourishing. Two thousand people crammed into a vast hotel…

October 19, 2018

Safer Consumption Spaces: Three Underground Models

“For years, the idea of a safe consumption space captivated the imagination of drug users everywhere,” says Isaac Jackson, president…

October 18, 2018

Cannabis Legalization in Canada Is a Giant, Imperfect Leap Forward

On October 16, a legal national market for cannabis opens in Canada, as a result of the Canadian Parliament’s June…

October 17, 2018

The First Searchable Database of Every DA Is Built to Limit Prosecutorial Power

Last week Color of Change—a nonprofit racial justice organization—launched a tool that no other group has yet managed to create:…

October 16, 2018

“No More Photo Ops”—NYC Activists Demand Legislators Take Responsibility for OD Crisis

Last year, for the first time in 11 years, black people had the highest rates of drug overdose in New…

October 16, 2018

Bopping Toward the Apocalypse: Where Drugs, History and Culture Collide

Obsessions with heroin and writing have dominated large, if not necessarily concurrent, parts of my life. But one need not…

October 16, 2018

The Language of Addiction: New York Times Insists on Perpetuating Stigma

The debate over journalists’ language on drug use was reignited by a recent email from New York Times standards editor Phillip B.…

October 15, 2018

Infographic: Which States Have the Highest Rates of Opioid-Related Insurance Claims

The state-by-state concentration of health insurance claim lines associated with opioid “abuse” and dependence is visualized in the above infographic…

October 15, 2018

Women Imprisoned: When Substance Use and Treatment Become Means of Control

Are you sure he’s not cheating on you?” I asked the woman next to me in rehab. She was silent.…

October 15, 2018

Ohio Plans to Ban Kratom—And the DEA May Be Close Behind

The Ohio Board of Pharmacy (BOP) has proposed that the active compounds in kratom—a recreational herbal supplement—be classified as a Schedule…

October 12, 2018