Use + Harm Reduction

After Veto of CA Overdose Prevention Programs, It’s Down to Us to Resist

On August 22, California Governor Gavin Newsom overruled the will of the legislature and his constituents by vetoing Senate Bill…

September 7, 2022

The Prospects for TNX-1300, a Drug to Reverse Cocaine Overamps

Amid the overdose crisis, the bulk of national attention lies on opioids like fentanyl. This has seen the opioid-overdose reversal…

September 2, 2022

Seroquel Gave Me a Reminder That All Drugs Are Merely Tools

Drugs are not good or bad. They are simply morally neutral tools which can help or hurt, depending on context.…

August 30, 2022

UK Program Will Pay People to Quit Smoking During Pregnancy

Pregnant people will be offered vouchers worth up to £400 (almost $500) to quit smoking in a pilot scheme in…

August 29, 2022

Are Fentanyl Test Strips Helpful for Counterfeit Pharmaceutical Pills?

The chocolate chip cookie theory of fentanyl distribution in counterfeit "pharmaceutical" pills holds that when the pills are pressed, the…

August 25, 2022

Record Binge Drinking, Cannabis and Psychedelics Use Among Young Adults

Cannabis and hallucinogen use among young adults in the United States—people 19 to 30 years old—climbed to record highs in…

August 24, 2022

“Where They’re At”—Harm Reduction in Rural America

On a warm winter night, a small group of harm reduction workers in Charleston, West Virginia, stuffed the trunk of…

August 23, 2022

Methadone, the Early Pandemic and the Terror of a Poppyseed Positive

I was going to the methadone clinic weekly when the pandemic began. That was the maximum at the place I…

August 18, 2022

High-Nicotine Vapes Don’t Increase Nicotine Use Compared With Smoking, Study Finds

A new study published in Nicotine and Tobacco Research suggests that vaping products with higher nicotine levels are more effective…

August 17, 2022

Replication Study Confirms Vapes Reduce Heart Risks Compared to Cigarettes

A new in vitro study shows that aerosols from nicotine vapes do not produce the cellular effects caused by cigarette…

August 11, 2022