Use + Harm Reduction

Why California Has Largely Been Spared Fentanyl Deaths—So Far

America's crisis of drug-overdose deaths has largely spared California. At 11.2 deaths per 100,000 people in 2016, California's rate of…

October 2, 2018

Kavanaugh and the Paradox of Outgrowing Alcoholic Identity, But Not Moral Culpability

At this point, we don’t need to introduce Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court nominee so credibly accused of multiple sexual…

October 1, 2018

The Invisible Majority: People Whose Drug Use Is Not Problematic

For years, Mark* woke up each morning, made breakfast for his two young children, and dropped them off at school…

September 25, 2018

Five Harmful Anti-Alcohol Myths and the Evidence Against Them

In Temperance America and beyond, it seems no amount of evidence will be accepted as proving the health benefits of…

September 25, 2018

With the Focus on Opioids, Don’t Forget About Meth and Cocaine

The “opioid crisis” has dominated drug conversations for at least the past decade, while relatively little has been heard about…

September 25, 2018

In 2018, the Temperance Movement Still Grips America

Our society—even some of its most progressive elements—vilifies alcohol. This stands in opposition to public health, enables government suppression of…

September 25, 2018

Why India Is Tobacco Harm Reduction’s Most Important Frontier

Tobacco is India’s Trojan horse. It was brought to our shores five centuries ago on Portuguese ships. Indians readily took…

September 25, 2018

Over 200 Philly Heroin Users Poisoned Over the Weekend, Potentially Due to “K2”

Philadelphia has become ground zero for an unusual series of poisonings from heroin and/or fentanyl adulterated with a substance believed…

September 25, 2018