Use + Harm Reduction

Why Those of Us Who Choose Sobriety Should Back Safe Consumption Sites

In many areas of public health and medicine, best practices are routinely adopted without much resistance. Sure, there is always…

July 25, 2019

FDA Cherry Picks Science in “Magic” Anti-Vaping Campaign

On July 22, the US Food and Drug Administration announced the launch of two new videos promoting the message that…

July 23, 2019

To Taper a Pain Patient? It’s Never One-Size-Fits-All

Many years ago, I broke my ankle⁠—tibia and fibula⁠—in a fall from a horse. It was compound and comminuted, meaning…

July 22, 2019

PrEP Education Campaigns Leave People Who Inject Drugs Behind

On July 12, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a report that found an "encouraging" increase in recent…

July 18, 2019

A Sample Meal Plan for People Who Have Been Using Drugs

Editor’s note: This is the plan created by harm reduction worker Ria Tsinas (who has struggled with drugs in the…

July 18, 2019

Nutrition Is an Overlooked Aspect of Harm Reduction

The connection between food and drugs is stronger than most people might think. Many negative health effects associated with the…

July 18, 2019

Psychedelics Take the TED Talk Stage for the First Time

Preparing for this talk has been scarier for me than preparing for LSD therapy," began Rick Doblin, the founder and…

July 11, 2019

Almost 80 Percent of Heroin Users in Boston, Baltimore Would Visit Safe Consumption Sites

A large majority of people who use opioids in three coastal cities would utilize safe consumption spaces if they were…

July 8, 2019

Overdoses Are Deadliest Within First Few Months Out of Delaware Prisons

In 2018, Delaware had the sixth highest number of overdose deaths in the country, yet the state still has major…

July 8, 2019

Social Factors Are an Essential—And Changeable—Element of Addiction

Resisting efforts to exaggerate the dangers of drugs does not mean we should ignore them. People suffer, and sometimes lose…

July 8, 2019