Use + Harm Reduction

Only a Fraction of Medicare Recipients With Opioid Use Disorder Are Receiving Medication

Each year, hundreds of thousands of Medicare recipients with opioid use disorder (OUD) are eligible for safe, effective medication but…

December 30, 2021

FDA Approves First Long-Lasting HIV PrEP Medication—But There’s a Catch

The FDA has approved the first injectable medication to protect against HIV transmission. Apretude is injected every other month, setting…

December 23, 2021

NYC’s Safe Consumption Sites Have Averted 63 Overdoses in Three Weeks

In the three weeks since the first authorized safe consumption sites (SCS) in the US began operating, the two New…

December 22, 2021

Alcohol and Dementia: Why the Evidence Has Been Suppressed

A familiar substance has repeatedly been associated with protection against dementia. But we’re not allowed to learn that. Instead, government…

December 20, 2021

Learning the Blues: West Coast Grapples With Shifting Drug Supply

“Forever, the prevalence of what kinds of drugs people did was completely boring,” Alex Kral, an epidemiologist from the nonprofit…

December 16, 2021

Federal Data Show Sharp Decrease in Teen Drug Use in 2021

On December 15, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)—a federal research agency in the United States Department of Health…

December 15, 2021

SAMHSA Weighs Permanent Methadone Take-Homes, Decades Too Late

In March 2020, to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infections among patients and staff, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health…

December 15, 2021

What I Wish Someone Had Said to Me When I Started Using Drugs

When I began using drugs, I didn’t have anyone I could safely go to for advice or help. Nobody in…

December 14, 2021

A Study Was Claimed to Link Vapes to Cigarette “Relapse”—Let’s take a Look

In October, Journal of the American Medical Association published a study that claimed e-cigs were not an aid to help…

December 10, 2021

Charleston’s Syringe Program Can Stay Open Despite Harsh WV Law

The only syringe service program (SSP) in Charleston, the capital of West Virginia, is officially approved to stay open. The…

December 9, 2021