Use + Harm Reduction
New Zealand Government Initiative Shows Welcome Support for Tobacco Harm Reduction
The New Zealand government has launched an online resource endorsing—and educating about— vaping products ...
Filter Video: Inside Portugal’s First Mobile Safe Consumption Site
In April of this year, Portugal, a country well known for having decriminalized all ...
Safe Consumption Site in Philly Has 90 Percent Support Among Locals
Communities most impacted by the overdose crisis are more likely to back groundbreaking interventions ...
Vietnam Vets Proved That Addiction Is a Product of Life Circumstances
For most people addiction is situational and of limited duration. In some cases, such ...
Mexico Public Health Agency Lashes Out Against Tobacco Harm Reduction
Mexico’s consumer health protection agency has effectively denounced the US Food and Drug Administration’s ...
Photo Essay: Inside Australia’s Safe Consumption Sites
While officials in the US—and the UK where I live—debate the introduction of safe ...
Why Drug Dealers Are an Under-Utilized Anti-Overdose Resource
Last year, a man in his 20s attending Electric Forest, a Michigan music festival, ...
Harm Reduction Is Growing in Scotland—But So Are Overdose Deaths
In November 2018, Scotland launched a revised national drug policy that prioritizes recovery resources, ...
I Chose Functional Heroin Use. Here’s How It Works for Me.
Recovery from addiction is different for everyone. In my case, abstinence from heroin didn’t ...
What Happens When a Syringe Exchange Is Shut Down
HIV infections are surging in Cabell County, West Virginia. On April 4, 2019, the ...
