Use + Harm Reduction

Historic Drop in Overdose Deaths Has Slowed by More Than Half Since 2024

On April 15, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published its most recent monthly provisional drug overdose death count,…

April 16, 2026

Sweden Is Now the World’s First “Smoke-Free” Country

Sweden has become the world's first “smoke-free” country, with an astonishingly low daily smoking rate of just 3.7 percent—well below…

April 14, 2026

CDC and ONDCP Issue Health Alert for Medetomidine, an Unusual Move

On April 6 the White House announced a Health Alert Network (HAN) advisory warning about the effects of medetomidine, an…

April 7, 2026

Many Flaws, Few Retractions: “Vapes-Cause-Cancer” Studies

Two more published studies claiming to link vaping to cancer have come under fire for what experts identify as major…

April 3, 2026

Oklahoma Prisoners Can Now Buy “Jail Puff” Vapes and Pouches

Oklahoma has just begun allowing prisoners to purchase safer nicotine products—vapes and pouches—at commissary. Some jails already permitted this, as…

March 30, 2026

Heated Tobacco Products Shouldn’t Be a Harm Reduction Afterthought

Gary Sweeney may be in a minority among people who quit smoking in his community in County Donegal, Ireland, but…

March 25, 2026

Rezenopy, the 10 Mg Naloxone Nasal Spray, Enters the OD Antidote Market

Two years after its approval by the Food and Drug Administration, opioid-overdose reversal product Rezenopy is about to make its…

March 23, 2026

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 is substantially safer than smoking. It’s…

March 18, 2026

The Youth-Smoking Collapse Nobody Wants to Talk About

For more than a decade, one of the most persistent claims in the tobacco control echo chamber has been that…

March 16, 2026

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 Statistics Report on the drugs most…

March 9, 2026