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A San Francisco Man Is Currently in Jail for Eating a Cookie in Rehab

San Francisco Superior Court Judge Michael Begert is probably feeling lucky that he is not facing reelection for another five…

December 9, 2019

Inside the Controversy Over a Progressive Georgia Mayor’s Court System

Clarkston, Georgia is undeniably a small city, with about 13,000 residents. But it packs a large punch when it comes…

December 3, 2019

Veteran’s Case Shows How Diversion Courts Punish Poverty

Joseph McCabe, a military veteran from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, fell on hard times. In a bout of desperation, he stole…

November 19, 2019

Why Opioid Pharma Hatred Is Overblown and Harmful

Opioid pharma—manufacturers of medications designed to relieve pain—has been under the gun ever since the opioid-involved overdose crisis began. Most…

October 17, 2019

Huge Court Win for Philly Safe Consumption Site⁠—But Fight Isn’t Over

October 2 will live long in US harm reduction history. A federal judge gave an interim ruling that Safehouse⁠—a nonprofit…

October 3, 2019

Who Still Prosecutes People for Possessing Syringes?

Programs that provide sterile syringes in exchange for used ones for people who use drugs reduce HIV and hepatitis infections,…

September 3, 2019

New York’s Substance Use Disorder Information-Sharing Consent Form for Patients

This is the consent form for disclosure of a patient's methadone and other health information developed by New York's Office…

July 31, 2019

Exclusion, Censorship, Internment: Brazilian Drug Policy Under Bolsonaro

The situation for harm reductionists here in Brazil continues to deteriorate. A decree signed by President Jair Bolsonaro and published…

July 30, 2019

When Harm Reduction Expansion Stifles Activism: A Lesson From Europe

For six weeks this summer I had the extraordinary opportunity to visit harm reduction programs all over Western Europe. In…

July 23, 2019

Rising Meth-Involved Deaths of Major Concern Amid Estimated 2018 Overdose Fall

For the first time since the 1990s, fatal drug overdoses decreased in 2018, according to preliminary Center for Disease Control…

July 22, 2019