Use + Harm Reduction

    Ipswich, MA, Considers Opening Its First Syringe Program

    The town of Ipswich, Massachusetts is considering establishing a syringe service program (SSP). The ...

    Cannabis Research Has Rocketed in Recent Years, Despite Prohibition

    The volume of studies on marijuana has “grown steeply” over the past couple decades ...

    Vaping Works Better Than Nicotine Patches for Pregnant Smokers

    A new study published in Nature Medicine found that pregnant smokers were more likely ...

    Ohio Bills Seek to Decriminalize Fentanyl Test Strips

    Ohio lawmakers are—slowly—considering legislation to decriminalize fentanyl test strips. On May 19, state Representative ...

    Illinois County Giving Naloxone to Gas Stations, Restaurants and More

    In the central region of Illinois, the Champaign-Urbana Health District (CUHD) is giving out ...

    Drug Use on Edmonton Public Transit “Reflects Policy Failures”

    In March, president of the Edmonton Police Association Stg. Michael Elliot shared an image ...

    Record High Overdose Deaths—Yet Again—in 2021, CDC Reveals

    New provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that ...

    No, My Prescribed Opioid Use Was Not a “Relapse”

    Society tends to view banned drugs and their use in binary terms. People who ...

    Vapes and Methadone: An All-Round Harm Reduction Story

    Danielle Russell is a third-year PhD student at Arizona State University, and a co-investigator ...

    The Mission to Make Psilocybin Available to UK Cancer Patients

    “I was involved in oncology when I was a medic,” Dr. Malcolm Barratt-Johnson told ...