Use + Harm Reduction
When Smokers With No Plans to Quit Try Vaping, They Often Quit Anyway
Smokers who did not intend to stop but nonetheless began vaping drastically increased their ...
NYC Vending Machines to Distribute Free Naloxone and Other Supplies
Before the end of 2022, New York City residents should be able to access ...
In Hamilton, Ontario, a Safe Supply Program Inches Forward
A small safe supply program in Hamilton, Ontario, is expanding. It has no funding, ...
CDC Total Recorded Overdose Deaths Pass 1 Million
A few weeks ago when the CDC announced we’d passed 100,000 recorded overdose deaths ...
Almost None of NC’s Drug Treatment Grant Recipients Offer Medication
North Carolina’s latest state budget allocated millions of dollars to organizations that will facilitate ...
Only a Fraction of Medicare Recipients With Opioid Use Disorder Are Receiving Medication
Each year, hundreds of thousands of Medicare recipients with opioid use disorder (OUD) are ...
FDA Approves First Long-Lasting HIV PrEP Medication—But There’s a Catch
The FDA has approved the first injectable medication to protect against HIV transmission. Apretude ...
NYC’s Safe Consumption Sites Have Averted 63 Overdoses in Three Weeks
In the three weeks since the first authorized safe consumption sites (SCS) in the ...
Alcohol and Dementia: Why the Evidence Has Been Suppressed
A familiar substance has repeatedly been associated with protection against dementia. But we’re not ...
Learning the Blues: West Coast Grapples With Shifting Drug Supply
“Forever, the prevalence of what kinds of drugs people did was completely boring,” Alex ...
