Use + Harm Reduction

New Study Shows Drug Users’ Positive Responses to Learning They’ve Been Exposed to Fentanyl

The health and social benefits of fentanyl testing were confirmed in a recent study. Most participants, on learning that they had…

January 7, 2019

Judges and Lawyers Ignorant of MAT Require Urgent Education Efforts

When Jarrod* went before a Clinton County, New York judge in November 2017 to address a no-contact order violation, he…

January 7, 2019

Philippines Harm Reductionists Share Their Vision Amid a Murderous Drug War

"It has never been about drugs. It has always been about people." That's the motto of NoBox Transitions, a courageous Philippines…

January 2, 2019

Let’s Embrace the Christmas Miracle of Naloxone

It does one thing and one thing only. It brings people back to life. It's a miracle." Julia Negron doesn't…

December 20, 2018

Pleas and Anger in Public Comments on Youth E-Cig Use

Throughout 2018, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has tried to stymie rising rates of youth vaping. As part…

December 20, 2018

Let’s Support MAT Without Propping Up the Disease Model of Addiction

I’m proud of my home state of Vermont. We have received some deserved national press in the last two years…

December 18, 2018

Medical Providers Are Failing Queer Men of Color Who Use Crystal Meth

Increasing rates of crystal methamphetamine use amongst Black and Latino queer men is often overlooked in the media. In response,…

December 17, 2018

UN Office on Drugs and Crime’s Opioid Strategy Ignores What’s Most Proven to Work

Earlier this year, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) launched an initiative to tackle what they dubbed…

December 17, 2018

New Report Ranks Every State by Overall Health, Including Drug-Related Deaths

United Health's 2018 Annual Report of America's Health Rankings, the "longest-running annual assessment of the nation’s health on a state-by-state…

December 13, 2018

What I Found When I Applied Hundreds of Fentanyl Tests to Philly’s Street Drugs

Back in mid-2017 I embarked on a journalistic endeavor that, to my knowledge, has not been replicated. Through a contact…

December 13, 2018