David Fawver (1956-2025) was a beloved activist in Olympia, Washington, known to everyone as Long Hair Dave. His street-based HIV-prevention…
Around 1,000 people who use drugs, activists, scholars and policymakers have gathered in Bogotá, Colombia, for the 28th annual Harm…
As people gathered in Vancouver’s Victory Square on April 14 to mark nine years since British Columbia declared the overdose…
A proposal advancing in the Texas legislature would authorize syringe service program (SSP) pilots in a total of seven counties,…
As Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) take a chainsaw to federal agencies and funding, critical research—including that related…
Two months after organizing one of the unsanctioned overdose prevention sites (OPS) that launched a movement across Canada, a British…
For years, Judy Chang has been a leader in the movement for drug-user rights. Since 2017, she’s served as executive…
In 2022 the White House Office of National Drug Control Strategy (ONDCP) published its first National Drug Control Strategy, which…
A new database tracking how jurisdictions across the country are allocating opioid settlement funds shows that while treatment and prevention…
The most chaotic period of my life was partly captured on film, for a documentary about heroin addiction. This once…