Use + Harm Reduction

    Smoking-Cessation Hope for People With Mental Health Conditions

    In 2015, Richard Pruen spent time staying in a mental health hospital ward in ...

    Saskatchewan’s “Pipe Prohibition” Sees Rise in Riskier Drug Use

    Against the advice of health experts, the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, decided in early ...

    Few Medicare Recipients Getting Effective Care After Nonfatal Overdose

    People who have already suffered a nonfatal overdose should be prioritized in receiving evidence-based ...

    Pueblo Judge Blocks Syringe Program Ban, and Services Resume for Now

    The City of Pueblo, Colorado, has been forced to suspend an ordinance criminalizing syringe ...

    White House Meth Plan Still Includes Harm Reduction, Just Not for Meth

    Once the federal government designated methamphetamine an “emerging drug threat” in March 2022, the ...

    Storm in a Teacup Over Soccer Stars’ Snus Use

    “I used to have the odd cigarette on a night out,” wrote Jamie Vardy, ...

    “Horrible”—Harm Reduction Legend Discusses the Methadone System

    I first heard Edith Springer speak at the 2004 Harm Reduction Coalition conference in ...

    New National Drug Control Strategy: Almost More Harm Reduction Access

    In 2022, the White House released a National Drug Control Strategy that it widely ...

    VT Gov. Vetoes Safe Consumption Site Bill. It May Become Law Without Him.

    Vermont Governor Phil Scott (R) has vetoed legislation that would authorize a safe consumption ...

    An Urgent Call for Action on World No Tobacco Day 2024

    The global combustible tobacco epidemic remains a formidable public health challenge, with devastating disparities ...