Use + Harm Reduction

    Study: Overdose Deaths Stratified Among Latinx People

    At first glance, national data suggest that Latinx people are suffering fewer fatal overdoses ...

    Why the Drug User Liberation Front Gave Out Free, Checked Drugs in Vancouver

    The Drug User Liberation Front, a Vancouver-based activist group, made a serious statement on ...

    Twenty High-Risk Kentucky Counties Still Don’t Have Syringe Exchange

    Harm reduction services are spreading in Kentucky, but not nearly fast enough for some ...

    How COVID-19 Is Driving Risks in the Illicit Benzodiazepines Market

    The life conditions imposed by the pandemic are leading many Americans to seek mental ...

    Why I Overdosed During the Pandemic, and Why I Survived

    [This article contains graphic descriptions of drug use and overdose.]   Overdosing and being ...

    The Perpetual Pendulum of US Drinking Guidelines

    Every five years, the United States produces a set of health recommendations entitled Dietary ...

    “Trail of Death”—A Short Film About COVID, Nicotine and Racism

    This short documentary, concerning COVID-19, smoking, vaping and racism in America, was co-directed by ...

    How I Wish My Parents Had Reacted to My Heroin Use

    My parents aren’t exactly known for being calm. In fact my mother, who has ...

    California’s Huge Overdose Increase Didn’t Have to Happen 

    The overdose crisis has finally reached California, following a relative delay in the arrival ...

    Pleasure and Risk for Trans Chemsexeurs in Ukraine

    Chemsex harm reduction responses in Europe often center gay men, leaving transgender people as ...