Use + Harm Reduction

    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 ...

    Nursing Homes Discriminate Against Opioid Use Disorder Patients at Alarming Rate

    In 2018 alone, nearly four in ten people who were hospitalized in Massachusetts for ...

    I Cannot Stand to See Another Deadly Month Go By in British Columbia

    On July 16, the British Columbia Coroners Service released its monthly overdose fatality report. ...

    Beneath Tragic New US Overdose Figures, There Are Wide Regional Variations

    Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its analysis of overdose ...