Tag: harm reduction
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 ...
Database Shows How States Have (or Haven’t) Used Opioid Settlement Cash
A new database tracking how jurisdictions across the country are allocating opioid settlement funds ...
What I Tell My Kids About My History of Drug Use
The most chaotic period of my life was partly captured on film, for a ...
