Use + Harm Reduction

Providing Sterile Syringes in Prison Is Not Only Right—It Also Saves Money

Providing sterile syringes in prison is an efficient way to keep people who use drugs safer and healthier, just as…

December 17, 2024

Psilocybin Helped Doctors and Nurses Who Worked Through the Pandemic

Many doctors and nurses suffered severe mental health impacts after working through the worst days of the COVID-19 pandemic, including…

December 10, 2024

Offering Narcan to Just the Prisoners Being Released Doesn’t Work

[Read Part 1 and Part 2 of this series] One of the most commonly cited statistics in overdose prevention comes…

December 9, 2024

The “Reemergence” of Carfentanil

Proponents of the Controlled Substances Act like to characterize fentanyl analogs as more potent and thus more deadly than fentanyl—if you…

December 6, 2024

Difference in Vapers’ Respiratory Symptoms Vs. Non-Vapers Is Minimal

Vaping does not produce clinically important respiratory symptoms, indicates a new international study. Significantly, it's among the first large-scale studies…

December 4, 2024

Syringe Program in Fargo, North Dakota, Survives Narrow Vote

A syringe service program in Fargo, North Dakota, has narrowly survived a vote after coming under attack. On November 25,…

November 26, 2024

Despite Everything, More People Than Ever Choose Safer Nicotine Options

“People talk about a war on smoking, a war on nicotine or a war on vapes,” Harry Shapiro told Filter.…

November 26, 2024

The Opioid Shuffle

Over my 21 years of using opioids I’ve often joked to myself that I don’t have a drug problem, I…

November 25, 2024

BC Drug-Decrim Study Explores Problems With 2.5-Gram Threshold

Since the inception of British Columbia’s drug decriminalization policy, which took effect in January 2023, harm reduction advocates have debated…

November 25, 2024

Documents Show BC Scrapped OPC Plan at Hospitals Where Pop-Ups Ran

On November 18, the newly organized group Doctors for Safer Drug Policy set up unsanctioned overdose prevention sites on the…

November 22, 2024