Tag: harm reduction
Trump’s 2020 Drug Strategy Includes Harm Reduction (Sort of)
President Donald Trump’s administration introduced the first national plan on substance use disorder treatment ...
West Virginia Senator Calls Syringe Exchanges “Failed Experiment,” Seeks to Ban Them
In West Virginia, which has the highest rate of opioid-involved overdose deaths in the ...
“An Abstinence-Based State”—Utah Harm Reduction Faces Unique Challenges
Deaths involving opioids, methamphetamine and other drugs have reached record highs in Utah. The ...
Tennessee Harm Reduction Workers Combat Stigma to Save Lives
Overdose deaths in Shelby County, Tennessee have increased 62 percent this year compared to ...
How to Legalize MDMA, With the Help of Pharmacies and Nightlife Spaces
On December 5, the Beckley Foundation, a British research organization focused on psychedelics and ...
Skid Row Project Highlights Toilets as Harm Reduction and a Human Right
In June 2017, Homeless Healthcare Los Angeles (HHCLA), a nonprofit community organization, found that ...
What Drug Policies Did the “Bernie’s Back” Rally Crowd Want?
Senator Bernie Sanders took the stage at a rally of about 25,000 supporters in ...
2020 Democrats’ Misguided Call to Jail Pharma Execs for Opioids
Several candidates for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination spoke about opioids Tuesday during the ...
