Use + Harm Reduction

    How I Quit Cigarettes in Prison, After Smoking for 40 Years

    I’m coming up on the three-year anniversary of the day I stopped smoking cigarettes. ...

    “Regressive Thinking” Ends Syringe, Pipe Distribution at Edmonton Transit Stations

    Until recently, Boyle Street Community Services staff had been handing out various harm reduction ...

    The Spravato Diaries: My Ketamine-ish Depression Treatment

    In the fall of 2020, COVID lockdown-induced depression triggered my incarceration-related PTSD and related ...

    National Teen Survey Shows Static Drug-Use Rates Amid Increased Risks

    Young America is in crisis, depicts a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

    Canada Claims We Have “Safe Supply.” Here’s What That Actually Looks Like.

    I started injecting morphine in 2004. It made my face painfully flushed, and what ...

    Project to Set Up 100 Harm Reduction “Vending Machines” Across Canada

    Vending machines are increasingly being deployed to distribute harm reduction supplies in North America. ...

    Beyond “Zero Tolerance”? Syringe Access in Canadian Prisons

    In the outside world, if you’re lucky enough to live somewhere that has harm ...

    The End of the X-Waiver Is a Chance to Advance Health Equity

    On January 12, the federal government announced an important change to drug policy that ...

    New Jersey’s Plan to Offer Free Naloxone for All at Pharmacies

    Getting naloxone should be about to get much easier in New Jersey. Governor Phil ...