At the University of California, Berkeley, six locations across campus offer students free fentanyl test strips and naloxone. Harm reduction…
Adolescent drug use often triggers moral panics, fear-mongering and the passage of draconian laws to “keep the kids safe” by…
Harley Ransom began practicing harm reduction in southeastern Ontario in the late 1980s, when he was 6 years old. His…
On February 9, New Mexico state senators will discuss a proposal to study the feasibility of overdose prevention centers (OPC).…
Overdose deaths in the United States dropped dramatically between 2023 and 2024, with decreases that far surpass what was recorded…
In countries where nicotine vapes are generally available to adults, with corresponding reductions in smoking, youth vaping has again and…
Facing right-wing backlash, harm reduction initiatives around Canada have steadily been rolled back. Safer opioid supply (SOS) programs—which provide pharmaceutical-grade…
A misguided nurse coinciding with the arrival of medetomidine in the drug supply nearly proved fatal for me. It’s impossible…
On January 14 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published its monthly provisional overdose death count—the first such update…
On January 13 the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report analyzing three policy approaches to the opioid-involved overdose crisis,…