Tag: harm reduction
How Former Soviet Countries Are Suppressing Harm Reduction “Propaganda”
Lawmakers in the former Soviet Union are seeking to impose harsher criminal penalties for ...
Some Residents, Officials Gang Up Against Syringe Exchange in Chico, CA
People who use drugs in Chico, California have faced opposition in obtaining sterile harm ...
Will “Sobering Centers” Help People Who Use Methamphetamine?
Officials in San José, California are proposing a new solution to rising rates of ...
As Trump’s Vape Flavors Ban Kicks In, What Does It Mean on the Ground?
It’s 11:59 pm on a Wednesday night in America. Just the wrong time for ...
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 ...
