Use + Harm Reduction

A Wealth of Tobacco in Prison, and a Dearth of Ways We Can Smoke It

Within Georgia Department of Corrections facilities, the contraband tobacco industry is robust enough to support a cottage industry for rolling papers.…

March 13, 2024

Our Research Shows We Need Compassion Clubs to Stop OD Deaths

On March 7, a judicial review began of Health Canada’s 2022 decision to deny the Drug User Liberation Front an…

March 11, 2024

It’s Critically Important to Tell Women the Truth About Nicotine

Elaine Keller, a cancer survivor and powerful advocate for tobacco harm reduction, once asked an important question: “Why is your…

March 8, 2024

A Prison Drug Recovery Unit Provides Refuge, If You’re Abstinent

At South Central Correctional Facility (SCCF), a Tennessee prison privately operated by CoreCivic, those of us in general population are…

March 6, 2024

Future of DULF Compassion Club Will Hinge on Judicial Review

A judicial review of Canada’s decision to deny a peer-led safe supply group an exemption to operate legally will begin…

March 5, 2024

Why It Matters That Tobacco Harm Reduction Brightens Smiles

People who switch from cigarettes to smoke-free nicotine options have whiter smiles than those who continue to smoke, a study…

March 4, 2024

Study Links Cannabis Use to Decreased Odds of Cognitive Decline

Marijuana use is associated with lower odds of subjective cognitive decline (SCD), according to a new study, with people who…

March 1, 2024

“Another Dimension”—OD Deaths Fall Sharply in Areas Close to SCS

Safe consumption sites don’t just protect people from fatal overdose within their walls, suggests recent research. The study, published in…

February 29, 2024

Inside a Busy Safe Consumption Site in Portugal

[The following are the words of Maria Luísa Salazar, one of the organizers of a safe consumption space in Lisbon,…

February 26, 2024

Nalmefene Is Not “Just Like Naloxone”

Opvee, an opioid-overdose antidote manufactured by Indivior that was approved in 2023, has in recent weeks been slowly rolling out…

February 23, 2024