One of the nation’s oldest involuntary commitment laws designed specifically to target people who use drugs is facing a court…
Friday, June 26 marks the Support, Don’t Punish 2020 Global Day of Action—an annual show of international solidarity against the…
Harm reductionists have long called on journalists, politicians and treatment providers to adopt non-stigmatizing language when speaking about people who…
Netflix is currently screening The Great, a 10-part series portraying the improbable, nay astounding, story of Catherine II, Empress of…
The pandemic is taking a toll on people’s mental health, and there’s likely no group more affected than people who…
A syringe exchange in Wayne County, Indiana could close in June if lawmakers don’t renew the program. Although local health…
City and state governments around the US are facing a fiscal crisis as the coronavirus pandemic has taken away sales…
My heart pounded as the rough, beige powder raced through a straw, into my nostril. Heroin—my first hit since 1999.…
Presumed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden released his “Plan for Black America” on May 4, which discussed some of the…
Massachusetts has a civil commitment process on its books for people with substance use disorders who are deemed dangerous to…