Tag: harm reduction
Amid Encampment Sweeps, Oregon City May Ban Public Syringe Exchange
The Roseburg, Oregon, City Council is weighing an ordinance that would prohibit harm reduction ...
Hawaii Legislature Overturns “One-to-One” Restriction on Syringe Exchange
Hawaii has passed legislation authorizing syringe service programs (SSP) to begin distribution as needed, ...
Remembering Long Hair Dave, Early Champion of Sterile Syringe Outreach
David Fawver (1956-2025) was a beloved activist in Olympia, Washington, known to everyone as ...
Harm Reduction Activists Gather in Bogotá, as World Grows More Hostile
Around 1,000 people who use drugs, activists, scholars and policymakers have gathered in Bogotá, ...
BC Enters 10th Year of Overdose Crisis, as It Shutters Harm Reduction Policies
As people gathered in Vancouver’s Victory Square on April 14 to mark nine years ...
Texas Bill Could Expand Sterile Syringe Access—for a Fee
A proposal advancing in the Texas legislature would authorize syringe service program (SSP) pilots ...
“It’s Very Real”—Harm Reduction Research Facing DOGE Funding Cuts
As Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) take a chainsaw to federal ...
BC Doctor Who Organized Pop-Up OPS Resigns Following Retaliation
Two months after organizing one of the unsanctioned overdose prevention sites (OPS) that launched ...
Activist Judy Chang Talks Narcofeminism and Drug-User Rights
For years, Judy Chang has been a leader in the movement for drug-user rights. ...
White House Reviews Its Drug Control Strategy, Finds It’s Doing a Good Job
In 2022 the White House Office of National Drug Control Strategy (ONDCP) published its ...
