Once as a paramedic student, I accidentally sprayed fentanyl in my face. It was my first time administering the medication,…
On August 2, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney announced that city police will no longer be able to arrest people who…
A recent Washington Post piece on the ever-worsening increase in drug poisoning deaths has reanimated angst over the supposed issue…
On July 14 Jean Swanson, a city councillor of Vancouver, British Columbia (BC), helped to hand out free heroin during…
“All of my friends in the scene have been going back out a lot,” said Alex*, a regular on Manhattan’s…
On April 8, the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) spearheaded a coalition—including the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the…
The United States federal government has taken a step to make good on its late 2020 endorsement of fentanyl testing…
When I began using heroin on the West Coast in the late 2000s, it came in the form of a…
Five years ago, British Columbia saw a change. People who use drugs in the Canadian province started overdosing in higher…
A student-led nonprofit in Columbus, Ohio, has created a smartphone app that helps community members report "bad batches" of drugs…