Use + Harm Reduction

    Vaping Is Safer Than Smoking: Now It’s Official in France

    France’s national health and safety agency, ANSES, has published a report concluding that vaping ...

    The Youth-Smoking Collapse Nobody Wants to Talk About

    For more than a decade, one of the most persistent claims in the tobacco ...

    CDC Identifies Specific Drugs Most Frequently Cited in Overdose Deaths

    On March 5, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention a published a National Vital ...

    Campus Harm Reduction Fueled by Student Advocacy, Some State Policies 

    At the University of California, Berkeley, six locations across campus offer students free fentanyl ...

    Beyond the Panic: A Harm Reduction Lens for Teen Drug Use

    Adolescent drug use often triggers moral panics, fear-mongering and the passage of draconian laws ...

    In British Columbia, Drug Policy Rollbacks Are Limiting HIV Care

    Harley Ransom began practicing harm reduction in southeastern Ontario in the late 1980s, when ...

    NM, Facing Rising Deaths, Calls for Overdose Prevention Center Study

    On February 9, New Mexico state senators will discuss a proposal to study the ...

    Fatal Overdose Fell 26 Percent in 2024, the Largest Decrease Ever Recorded

    Overdose deaths in the United States dropped dramatically between 2023 and 2024, with decreases ...

    New Zealand Embraces Vapes to Cut Smoking—and Cuts Youth Vaping

    In countries where nicotine vapes are generally available to adults, with corresponding reductions in ...

    Discontinued Canadian Safe Supply Program Was Working, Study Shows

    Facing right-wing backlash, harm reduction initiatives around Canada have steadily been rolled back. Safer ...