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The World Needs Gender-Specific Tobacco Harm ReductionThe World Needs Gender-Specific Tobacco Harm Reduction

The World Needs Gender-Specific Tobacco Harm Reduction

Tobacco harm reduction (THR) is a transformative public health opportunity, saving people’s lives by offering safer alternatives to smoking for…

March 7, 2025
Activist Judy Chang Talks Narcofeminism and Drug-User Rights Activist Judy Chang Talks Narcofeminism and Drug-User Rights 

Activist Judy Chang Talks Narcofeminism and Drug-User Rights

For years, Judy Chang has been a leader in the movement for drug-user rights. Since 2017, she’s served as executive…

January 29, 2025
Hundreds Prosecuted for Drug Use During Pregnancy in Year After DobbsHundreds Prosecuted for Drug Use During Pregnancy in Year After Dobbs

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 an all-time high in the wake…

October 4, 2024
Are We Ending Marijuana Prohibition Only to Criminalize Contraception?Are We Ending Marijuana Prohibition Only to Criminalize Contraception?

Are We Ending Marijuana Prohibition Only to Criminalize Contraception?

The United States stands at a critical juncture: poised to decriminalize cannabis, but threatened with the criminalization of contraception. Progressive…

June 6, 2024
NY Cases Underline Harms of Drug Testing During PregnancyNY Cases Underline Harms of Drug Testing During Pregnancy

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 was to give birth in March…

April 18, 2024
It’s Critically Important to Tell Women the Truth About Nicotine  It’s Critically Important to Tell Women the Truth About Nicotine  

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 an important question: “Why is your…

March 8, 2024
Pregnancy in Withdrawal: Methadone Clinic Tore My Family ApartPregnancy in Withdrawal: Methadone Clinic Tore My Family Apart

Pregnancy in Withdrawal: Methadone Clinic Tore My Family Apart

In the endless hallway of the NICU, nurses shuffled from door to door. Yellow-toned ceiling lights flickered. My grandmother kept…

December 7, 2023
Endometriosis Is One Reason I Use Fentanyl. Medical Stigma Is Another.Endometriosis Is One Reason I Use Fentanyl. Medical Stigma Is Another.

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 tissue that normally grows inside your…

April 21, 2023
Psychedelic Exceptionalism, and the Need for Queer-Led Harm ReductionPsychedelic Exceptionalism, and the Need for Queer-Led Harm Reduction

Psychedelic Exceptionalism, and the Need for Queer-Led Harm Reduction

[This article is an adapted excerpt from the anthology Queering Psychedelics: From Oppression to Liberation in Psychedelic Medicine, published by…

March 20, 2023
Free Vapes for Pregnant People Who Smoke, in UK Council ProgramFree Vapes for Pregnant People Who Smoke, in UK Council Program

Free Vapes for Pregnant People Who Smoke, in UK Council Program

In a bid to address health inequality and family poverty, a council in the United Kingdom will soon be handing…

December 12, 2022