Use + Harm Reduction
Irish Harm Reduction Response to COVID-19 Saves Unhoused Drug Users’ Lives
Unhoused drug users in Dublin, Ireland almost entirely avoided projected COVID-19 deaths as a ...
New Spike in Coronavirus Cases Could Further Worsen Overdose Crisis
As many US jurisdictions have eased pandemic restrictions, new coronavirus cases have been spiking ...
Support, Don’t Punish 2020: A Global Day of Action Against the Drug War
Friday, June 26 marks the Support, Don’t Punish 2020 Global Day of Action—an annual ...
Philadelphia’s Latest Backward Step Is Nothing New
If the War on Drugs were seeking a motto, “One step forward, two steps ...
Survey: “Having Fun” Still the Biggest Reason for Drug Use During COVID Crisis
Coping with the stress and anxiety of quarantine, historic job losses and a potentially ...
Four Modes of Chemsex: Study Participants Describe Their Experiences
The meaning of “chemsex” is a contested matter. In the late 2000s, London-based social ...
Safe Supply Pioneer Presents Vaping as Central to Harm Reduction
“I am an accidental voice in the vaping world,” began Dr. Mark Tyndall, ...
New K2 Compound in Canadian Heroin Supply Amid Surging Fatal ODs
A little-known synthetic cannabinoid, a class of compounds colloquially referred to as “K2” or ...
Beyond Stigma: How Researchers May Trigger Drug Users
Harm reductionists have long called on journalists, politicians and treatment providers to adopt non-stigmatizing ...
Solidarity, Not Charity: Mutual Aid in LGBTQ+ Drug-Using Communities
Mutual aid has never been in the spotlight in the way it is now. ...
