Use + Harm Reduction

    UK Program Will Pay People to Quit Smoking During Pregnancy

    Pregnant people will be offered vouchers worth up to £400 (almost $500) to quit ...

    Are Fentanyl Test Strips Helpful for Counterfeit Pharmaceutical Pills? 

    The chocolate chip cookie theory of fentanyl distribution in counterfeit “pharmaceutical” pills holds that ...

    Record Binge Drinking, Cannabis and Psychedelics Use Among Young Adults

    Cannabis and hallucinogen use among young adults in the United States—people 19 to 30 ...

    “Where They’re At”—Harm Reduction in Rural America

    On a warm winter night, a small group of harm reduction workers in Charleston, ...

    Methadone, the Early Pandemic and the Terror of a Poppyseed Positive

    I was going to the methadone clinic weekly when the pandemic began. That was ...

    High-Nicotine Vapes Don’t Increase Nicotine Use Compared With Smoking, Study Finds

    A new study published in Nicotine and Tobacco Research suggests that vaping products with ...

    California on the Brink of Opening Safe Consumption Sites

    California is poised to legalize safe consumption sites. On August 1, the state legislature ...

    The WHO Finds Alcohol Is Beneficial: Who Knew?

    The Progressive movement established drug prohibition, including alcohol, in the early 20th century by ...

    Methadone Clinics Step Up Their Backlash Against Reform

    The members of the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD) are ...