Use + Harm Reduction

    How I Wish My Parents Had Reacted to My Heroin Use

    My parents aren’t exactly known for being calm. In fact my mother, who has ...

    California’s Huge Overdose Increase Didn’t Have to Happen 

    The overdose crisis has finally reached California, following a relative delay in the arrival ...

    Pleasure and Risk for Trans Chemsexeurs in Ukraine

    Chemsex harm reduction responses in Europe often center gay men, leaving transgender people as ...

    I Cannot Stand to See Another Deadly Month Go By in British Columbia

    On July 16, the British Columbia Coroners Service released its monthly overdose fatality report. ...

    Beneath Tragic New US Overdose Figures, There Are Wide Regional Variations

    Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its analysis of overdose ...

    Irish Harm Reduction Response to COVID-19 Saves Unhoused Drug Users’ Lives

    Unhoused drug users in Dublin, Ireland almost entirely avoided projected COVID-19 deaths as a ...

    New Spike in Coronavirus Cases Could Further Worsen Overdose Crisis

    As many US jurisdictions have eased pandemic restrictions, new coronavirus cases have been spiking ...

    Support, Don’t Punish 2020: A Global Day of Action Against the Drug War

    Friday, June 26 marks the Support, Don’t Punish 2020 Global Day of Action—an annual ...

    Philadelphia’s Latest Backward Step Is Nothing New

    If the War on Drugs were seeking a motto, “One step forward, two steps ...