Use + Harm Reduction

    How Harm Reduction Is Responding to the Pandemic

    In the two weeks since the first coronavirus cases were confirmed in New York ...

    So Alcoholics Anonymous Is “Proven” to Work After All? Not So Fast 

    Alcoholics Anonymous and its 12 Steps, with their prescription of abstinence, have dominated America’s ...

    Santa Fe’s Historic Drug Policy Overhaul Centers Alcohol Harm Reduction

    Santa Fe, New Mexico is emphasizing alcohol harm reduction in its plan to radically ...

    San Diego County Lawmaker Pushes to End Syringe Exchange Ban

    A lawmaker in San Diego County, California is urging his colleagues to rethink a ...

    COVID-19 and Tobacco Harm Reduction: What’s the Relationship?

    At publication time, over 113,000 people worldwide were known to be infected by the ...

    Are More Clubbers Taking Ketamine Without Knowing It?

    It’s safe to say Joseph Palamar goes to a lot of raves. Since 2016, ...

    How Former Soviet Countries Are Suppressing Harm Reduction “Propaganda”

    Lawmakers in the former Soviet Union are seeking to impose harsher criminal penalties for ...

    NY Governor’s Office Points to Stimulant Addiction Meds as Deaths Rise

    In response to increasing numbers of cocaine- and methamphetamine-related deaths in New York, Governor ...

    Why Are Nurses Denied Effective Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder?

    One of the greatest hypocrisies in medicine is the restriction of standard-of-care medications for ...