Tag: injection

    Scotland’s Overdose Prevention Center Up and Running: Will There Be More?

    In January, Scotland opened the first sanctioned overdose prevention center (OPC) in the United ...

    Comic Designed to Boost Health Care for Veterans Who Use Drugs

    A group of researchers have developed a comic designed to encourage veterans and health ...

    People Who Inject Drugs and Harm Reduction: a Global Perspective

    Approximately 15 million people inject drugs, according to the best available evidence—equivalent to three ...

    After a Program Handed Out Heroin Pipes, Some People Injected Less

    Smoking heroin and other opioids can help people to avoid some of the harms ...

    “A Recipe for an Epidemic”: How a New HIV Cluster Emerged In Tijuana

    In 2019, the Mexican government cut all funding for civil society organizations, including those ...

    Let’s Examine the Astroworld Syringe-Wielding Assailant Rumor

    On November 5, at the Astroworld festival in Houston, at least eight people were ...

    Melbourne Advocates Fight Backlash to New Safe Consumption Site Plan

    Controversy is escalating in Melbourne, Australia, over the location of what would be the ...

    What I Learned From My First Injection Infection

    [This article contains an image of injection wounds.] I had my first injection infection ...