Tag: harm reduction
VT Gov. Vetoes Safe Consumption Site Bill. It May Become Law Without Him.
Vermont Governor Phil Scott (R) has vetoed legislation that would authorize a safe consumption ...
Vermont Advances Safe Consumption Site Bill, But Cuts Second Location
Lawmakers in Vermont have formally adopted changes to narrow the scope of a House-passed safe ...
NE Syringe Program Bill Abandoned, by Senators Who’d Just Voted for It
Syringe service programs (SSP) will not become legal in Nebraska in 2024, after lawmakers ...
Edinburgh Quietly Releases Report in Favor of Safe Consumption Sites
After pressure from advocates, Edinburgh city councilors have published a long-awaited report supporting the ...
Sex Work, Anti-Trafficking Policies and the Continuum of Consent
Circumstantial sex workers often do sex work for a period of time to get ...
First Chemsex Harm Reduction Project in Brazil Takes Aim at Misinformation
During the pandemic, public health researchers in São Paulo began noticing what seemed to ...
New Jersey Expands Harm Reduction Services as Attitudes Shift
New Jersey is set to open multiple new syringe service programs, including in suburban ...
Our Struggle for Safe Consumption Sites in San Francisco’s Tenderloin
In 2006, a community health clinic opened in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District. On any ...
Opioid Settlement Funds: Will “Once-in-a-Generation” Chance Be Wasted?
As opioid settlement dollars start rolling into jurisdictions across the United States, debate has ...
Learning to Do HIV Peer Education in the ’90s, by Unlearning What to Say
In the summer of 1992, a few weeks after I’d learned I had HIV, ...
