How the First Black Surgeon General Was Silenced for Considering Drug Legalization
The movement to decriminalize all drug users has enjoyed historic wins in 2020, surely ...
Pandemic Is Making Overdoses Deadlier, Research Shows
Nine months into the COVID-19 pandemic, some of the first available research has finally ...
Judge Grants Class Action Status to Methadone-Taper Jail Lawsuit
A federal judge has paved the way for a case against a methadone-taper policy ...
My Study of Providing Vapes to Unhoused Smokers in Ireland
While I was volunteering at an Irish homelessness service called Dublin Simon Community a ...
House Passes the MORE Act in Historic Vote for Federal Marijuana Decriminalization
On December 4, the US House of Representatives passed the Marijuana Reinvestment and Expungement ...
A Fentanyl User’s Dispiriting Search for Safe Supply in Toronto
When I heard earlier this year that a safe supply of opioids would be ...
“Wasp Dope”—Under Prohibition, Insecticide Becomes Meth Replacement
In Appalachian Kentucky, drug users’ difficulty accessing unregulated markets may be driving the uptake ...
NYC’s New Non-Police Mental Health Crisis Response Still Resembles Policing
New York City receives 200,000 mental health-related 911 calls each year. In addition to ...
Leaked FBI Report: Drug Sellers Practice Harm Reduction
The recognition that people who sell drugs can play a crucial role in reducing ...
Burning Issues: A Call to Liberate Vapes and Vapers
“Tobacco harm reduction is good public health and health promotion, starting with the people ...
