Tag: harm reduction
Tensions Mount in Fight to Open Ontario Safe Consumption Site
Harm reduction advocates are fighting to open the second safe consumption site (SCS) in ...
New Zealand Permanently Legalizes Drug Checking, a Global First
New Zealand permanently legalized drug checking on November 23, by passing a bill to ...
San Francisco Eyes Location for Authorized Safe Consumption Site
San Francisco plans to open its first safe consumption site (SCS) by 2022. It ...
PA Harm Reductionists Rally Around Bill to Authorize Syringe Programs
Susan Ousterman lost her son Tyler to an overdose when he was 24. If ...
Compassion Clubs Advance Toward Authorization in Vancouver
The headlines suggested that sanctioned heroin clubs were coming imminently to Vancouver, British Columbia. ...
“Opioid Reckoning”: Oral Histories of the Complex Origins of Rehab
Language around addiction has changed so quickly in the past few years that Rose ...
“Never Use Alone”: Free 24-Hour Hotline Expands Across New England
The Never Use Alone Massachusetts hotline has become Never Use Alone New England, consolidating ...
Nan Goldin Isn’t Focused on the Sacklers Anymore
On March 10, 2018, photographer and activist Nan Goldin led dozens of protestors to ...
Supreme Court Setback in Safehouse Fight for SCS: Will Biden Break His Silence?
On October 12, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) chose not to ...
In Win for CA Syringe Programs, Bad-Faith Environmental Lawsuits Banned
On October 5, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) signed Assembly Bill 1344. The bill ...
