Use + Harm Reduction

    Estimated 15,000 NYC Methadone Patients to Be Isolated. How Will They Get Meds?

    There are about 30,000 methadone patients in New York City, all taking methadone on ...

    Drug Users in Study: Mixing Meth and Heroin Reduces Comedowns, Boosts Pleasure

    Polydrug use is the norm, not the exception. Increased risks are associated with certain ...

    A Canadian Province Doesn’t Want Meth Users at Safe Consumption Sites

    In Alberta, Canada, a committee for the provincial Ministry of Health expressed opposition to ...

    When Methadone Clinics Support Patients Who Use Marijuana

    Methadone patients face many harsh restrictions. Among them, clinics frequently test for and punish cannabis ...

    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 ...

    A Scientist Persuaded Italy to Exempt Vape Shops From COVID-19 Lockdown

      Italy has seen the worst outbreak of COVID-19 outside of China, after cases ...