Use + Harm Reduction

    Beyond Purdue: Our Deadly Unlearned Lessons From the Overdose Crisis

    There is a profound moment in the film And The Band Played On, about ...

    San Francisco Vapes Ban the Logical Next Step of a Harmful Campaign

    The March 19 announcement by San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera of steps to ...

    Inside Vancouver’s Drug User Union

    The Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) is a member-driven organization that organizes ...

    US Smokers Mistakenly Equate Harms of Snus With Those of Cigarettes

    Most American smokers continue to believe that snus, a moist tobacco product placed under ...

    Study: A Seattle Safer Consumption Site Would Save Money, as Well as Lives

    Just one safer consumption space (SCS) for people who use drugs in Kings County, ...

    “Junkie” Caricatures Make Us All More Vulnerable to Addiction

    I shot heroin for the first time because I wanted to write poetry about ...

    “Never Give Up”—State Commission Urges Mass. to Move for Supervised Consumption Sites

    The Massachusetts Commission on Harm Reduction issued a report on March 1 recommending the ...

    Portugal’s Decriminalization of Drug Use, Explained

    In 2001, Portugal was experiencing an opioid-involved overdose crisis, similar to the one gripping ...

    The Tricky Connection Between MAT and Low Sex Drive

    Imagine going through opioid use disorder treatment with methadone or buprenorphine, perhaps getting a job and family ...

    Tennessee Plan to Mandate Lockable Prescription Bottles May Help, But Only Slightly

    New Tennessee legislation hopes to tackle teenage prescription opioid use by keeping pill bottles ...