injection

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 associated with injecting, experts say. Meanwhile,…

October 5, 2022

“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 funded via the National Center for…

April 11, 2022

Let’s Examine the Astroworld Syringe-Wielding Assailant Rumor

On November 5, at the Astroworld festival in Houston, at least eight people were killed in what appeared, from multiple…

November 9, 2021

Melbourne Advocates Fight Backlash to New Safe Consumption Site Plan

Controversy is escalating in Melbourne, Australia, over the location of what would be the city's second safe consumption site (SCS).…

July 9, 2021

What I Learned From My First Injection Infection

[This article contains an image of injection wounds.] I had my first injection infection in the winter of 2020. I…

May 4, 2021