Use + Harm Reduction

Britain’s “Most Prolific” Rapist Spurs Misguided GHB Crackdown

The UK is moving towards a crackdown on GHB and GBL—two highly similar depressants, popular in clubs and the chemsex…

January 8, 2020

Addiction Treatment Facilities Fall Badly Short, Shows Federal Study

It's well established that America’s addiction treatment industry fails to fully meet the needs of people with substance use disorders.…

January 8, 2020

American Lung Association’s “Quit, Don’t Switch” Campaign a Big Mistake

Nearly 70 percent of smokers say they want to quit. In an effort to help them, the American Lung Association…

January 8, 2020

Let’s End Dangerous Wait Times for Accessing Opioid Use Disorder Meds

I had never been in trouble my whole life. Then I got in major trouble,” said Nikki, a 35-year-old woman…

January 8, 2020

How to Check Drug Interactions With Hep C Medications

In the United Kingdom, half of surveyed people who inject drugs had been infected with hepatitis C (HCV), and some…

January 6, 2020

TripApp Is the Latest Mobile Innovation to Make Drug Use Safer

Imagine going on a night out with friends, planning to share some "ecstasy" pills you bought locally. What if you…

December 31, 2019

The Teen Vaping Trends We’re Not Talking About

Teen cannabis and nicotine vaping spiked between January 2018 and January 2019, a widely-cited US survey on adolescent drug use…

December 30, 2019

Tennessee Harm Reduction Workers Combat Stigma to Save Lives

Overdose deaths in Shelby County, Tennessee have increased 62 percent this year compared to the same period in 2018, according…

December 23, 2019

A Mission to Turn Recovery Coaches Into a Harm Reduction Resource

On International Overdose Awareness Day 2018, Dean LeMire sat in the New Hampshire woods with Jim Wuelfing, pondering a dilemma.…

December 23, 2019

A Lifesaving Disruptive Technology and the Effort to Destroy It

Imagine a new miracle drug with the potential to prevent one third of fatal cancers, to avoid one in four…

December 18, 2019