Tag: gender
We Need to Focus on Violence Against Women Who Use Drugs
Public attention to violence against women tends to surge in response to major events ...
Pouches Close Sweden’s Tobacco Harm Reduction Gender Gap
Sweden’s use of the oral tobacco product snus has led it towards becoming the ...
The World Needs Gender-Specific Tobacco Harm Reduction
Tobacco harm reduction (THR) is a transformative public health opportunity, saving people’s lives by ...
Activist Judy Chang Talks Narcofeminism and Drug-User Rights
For years, Judy Chang has been a leader in the movement for drug-user rights. ...
Hundreds Prosecuted for Drug Use During Pregnancy in Year After Dobbs
A new report from a reproductive rights organization finds that pregnancy-related prosecutions are at ...
Are We Ending Marijuana Prohibition Only to Criminalize Contraception?
The United States stands at a critical juncture: poised to decriminalize cannabis, but threatened ...
NY Cases Underline Harms of Drug Testing During Pregnancy
Jane* didn’t think much about the Sam’s Club salad she’d eaten days before she ...
It’s Critically Important to Tell Women the Truth About Nicotine
Elaine Keller, a cancer survivor and powerful advocate for tobacco harm reduction, once asked ...
Pregnancy in Withdrawal: Methadone Clinic Tore My Family Apart
In the endless hallway of the NICU, nurses shuffled from door to door. Yellow-toned ...
Endometriosis Is One Reason I Use Fentanyl. Medical Stigma Is Another.
I’ve lived with chronic pain since I was 13. Endometriosis, wherein the sort of ...
