Use + Harm Reduction

NYC Rolls Out Courier System to Deliver Methadone to Isolated Patients

For the 30,000 patients who take methadone every day for opioid use disorder in New York City, one big worry…

April 23, 2020

A Third of Primary Care Docs Deny Efficacy of Gold-Standard Opioid Addiction Meds

The tight leash maintained by the federal government on medications for opioid use disorder (OUD) is finally being loosened in…

April 22, 2020

How the Pandemic Is Restricting Health Options for People Who Use Drugs

For the average non-essential worker, it might feel like the coronavirus has put the world on hold. But for people…

April 22, 2020

San Francisco’s Frontline Harm Reductionists Persist Despite Pandemic

Grassroots harm reduction organizations in San Francisco are adapting their services to bypass limitations presented by the coronavirus pandemic while…

April 22, 2020

Why Dark-Web Drug Marketplaces Can Be a Refuge

Whether because of fentanyl adulteration or the present pandemic, buying drugs from the “dark web”—a term for sites in the…

April 21, 2020

A Harm Reduction Plan for Vulnerable Drinkers Hits Unnecessary Obstacles

  As harm reductionists, we always have on our minds the health and well-being of people who use drugs. Too…

April 20, 2020

Vast Coalition Issues Demands for Far-Reaching MAT Reform

Harm reduction organizations, providers, experts and advocates from across the US are calling on government agencies to eliminate the notoriously…

April 16, 2020

Fighting the Health Threats of Loneliness as We Flatten the Curve

At publication time, over 97 percent of Americans in 43 states are under mandatory social distancing orders designed to reduce…

April 16, 2020

Overdose Prevention Is COVID-19 Prevention, Too

I heard a story last week of a man who was struggling with opioid addiction. He was turned down for…

April 8, 2020

It’s as Good a Time as Any to Scrap the Methadone Clinic System

The rapid onset of the coronavirus and subsequent shutdowns have got those of us on methadone feeling pretty scared right…

April 8, 2020