fentanyl

Hip Hop and Harm Reduction on Tour

Hip hop, like other music genres, is no stranger to drug overdose. The list of dead rappers grows ever-longer: DMX,…

August 30, 2021

Latest Overdose Fatality Numbers Underscore Flaw in Federal Data

More than 95,000 people died of overdose in the United States between January 2020 and January 2021, according to recently…

August 17, 2021

A Guide to Fentanyl Touch Overdoses, Which Do Not Exist

Once as a paramedic student, I accidentally sprayed fentanyl in my face. It was my first time administering the medication,…

August 11, 2021

You Can No Longer Be Arrested for Carrying Fentanyl Test Strips in Philly

On August 2, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney announced that city police will no longer be able to arrest people who…

August 4, 2021

The Pernicious Myth of Fentanyl-Laced Cannabis

A recent Washington Post piece on the ever-worsening increase in drug poisoning deaths has reanimated angst over the supposed issue…

July 20, 2021

Vancouver Activists Hand Out Drugs, Demand Better Safe Supply Options

On July 14 Jean Swanson, a city councillor of Vancouver, British Columbia (BC), helped to hand out free heroin during…

July 19, 2021

Nightlife Is Reopening, But the Drugs Have Changed—And So Have We

“All of my friends in the scene have been going back out a lot,” said Alex*, a regular on Manhattan’s…

June 30, 2021

Advocates Call on Feds to End Fentanyl Analogs’ Schedule I Classification

On April 8, the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) spearheaded a coalition—including the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the…

April 13, 2021

Federal Funding Can Now Be Used to Purchase Fentanyl Test Strips

The United States federal government has taken a step to make good on its late 2020 endorsement of fentanyl testing…

April 9, 2021

Our Adulterated Supply: Underreported Complications for Opioid Users

When I began using heroin on the West Coast in the late 2000s, it came in the form of a…

March 9, 2021