President Joe Biden is seeking to extend indefinitely a Trump-era rule on the scheduling of fentanyl analogs that facilitates harsh…
On August 31, International Overdose Awareness Day, activists in Vancouver handed out free safe supply of heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine.…
Hip hop, like other music genres, is no stranger to drug overdose. The list of dead rappers grows ever-longer: DMX,…
More than 95,000 people died of overdose in the United States between January 2020 and January 2021, according to recently…
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…