fentanyl

“A Stable Foundation”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Suing Alberta for Safe Supply

There are many things that Ophelia Black, 22, would like to do. Going back to school, building a career and…

March 21, 2023

Kentucky Takes Steps Toward Decriminalizing Fentanyl Test Strips

A bipartisan bill in Kentucky would decriminalize fentanyl test strips. In early March, House Bill 353, introduced by Rep. Kimberly…

March 10, 2023

How We’re Building Collective Harm Reduction Power in South Carolina

Most harm reduction work plays out in legal gray areas, but in South Carolina that's all we know. There’s no…

March 2, 2023

San Francisco’s Proposal to Deport People for Fentanyl-Sales Charges

A San Francisco lawmaker wants to make it easier to detain and deport undocumented immigrants for fentanyl sales charges. Like…

February 16, 2023

Canada Claims We Have “Safe Supply.” Here’s What That Actually Looks Like.

I started injecting morphine in 2004. It made my face painfully flushed, and what people often experience as a prickling…

February 13, 2023

SOTU: Biden Promises Fentanyl Crackdowns, OUD Meds in Prisons

On February 7, President Joe Biden delivered the State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress. It…

February 8, 2023

The “Three Amigos” Summit Promises More Drug War

On January 9 and 10, President Joe Biden made his first visit to Mexico while in office—and the first of…

January 12, 2023

Air Force to Scrap Planes Used to Surveil Drugs at the Border—Over Objections From Police

The United States Air Force is fast-tracking a plan to shutter the small fleet of planes used to surveil drug…

December 28, 2022

The Consequences of Colorado’s Fentanyl Refelonization

In the context of the drug war, Colorado is best known for pioneering a number of high-profile reforms. In 2012,…

October 26, 2022

San Francisco’s New DA Moves to Prosecute Overdose Deaths as Murder

The successor to San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin is making good on her promise to ramp up the drug…

October 3, 2022