Tag: heroin
Heroin Pipes: How the “Hammer” Was Built for Harm Reduction
A common misconception about people who use heroin is that they all want to ...
Almodóvar and Portman’s New Films Illuminate Love, Heroin and Addiction
Two current films wonder about the nature of addiction—one involving obsessive love, the other ...
Watch: “Not One More!” Harlem Residents on Overdose Deaths
To mark International Overdose Awareness Day, I went out on the streets of Harlem ...
NYC Syringe Programs Successfully Serving the Most Vulnerable New Yorkers
New York City’s syringe service programs (SSPs) are successfully getting harm reduction resources into ...
NYC Jail Deprived Trans Women of MAT for Years
Between 2015 and 2018, transgender women incarcerated in New York City’s first-of-its-kind Transgender Housing ...
Safe Consumption Site in Philly Has 90 Percent Support Among Locals
Communities most impacted by the overdose crisis are more likely to back groundbreaking interventions ...
Vietnam Vets Proved That Addiction Is a Product of Life Circumstances
For most people addiction is situational and of limited duration. In some cases, such ...
I Chose Functional Heroin Use. Here’s How It Works for Me.
Recovery from addiction is different for everyone. In my case, abstinence from heroin didn’t ...
It’s Time for People With Privilege to Come Out About Their Drug Use
I had a counselor look me in the eye the other week and say, ...
How the World’s Oldest Drug Checking Service Makes High-Risk Pills “Unsellable”
Don’t sit on your day job,” Daan van der Gouwe advised people who operate ...
