Use + Harm Reduction
Study: Fatal GHB Overdoses Could Easily Be Prevented
Many deaths involving GHB, a depressant that’s popular in raves and chemsex scenes, in ...
The Problems With Post-Overdose Response Teams
Drug overdoses (better described as toxic drug mixtures and poisonings) claimed nearly half a ...
Does a “Dialectical Abstinence” Program Qualify as Harm Reduction?
I first heard the term “dialectical abstinence” in the summer of 2019, several weeks ...
Some Residents, Officials Gang Up Against Syringe Exchange in Chico, CA
People who use drugs in Chico, California have faced opposition in obtaining sterile harm ...
My Friend Died Because of Philly’s Addiction-Treatment Smoking Ban
I met Bobby in 2011, when we were both residents in a local recovery ...
Utah Woman Heralded for Naloxone Save, But State Doesn’t Fund Distribution
The man is lying on a sidewalk, experiencing an opioid overdose. You recognize the ...
Will “Sobering Centers” Help People Who Use Methamphetamine?
Officials in San José, California are proposing a new solution to rising rates of ...
Banning GHB at Raves Is Dangerous
I slipped out of a stall in the dimly lit basement bathroom of a ...
Study: Opioid Substitution Meds, Not Detox, Prevent Overdose
The only treatment interventions associated with reducing an opioid use disorder patient’s overdose risk ...
Why Suboxone Diversion Is Nothing to Fear
“Subs. Who needs subs?” a woman called out quietly near the intersection of Kensington ...
