Society tends to view banned drugs and their use in binary terms. People who disclose drug use are instantly assumed…
What’s that time-worn saying about doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results? Drug prohibition is the…
Humans have found or created a truly staggering number of psychoactive substances. Some, like cannabis, various opioids and cocaine, have…
A kilo is surprisingly heavy, I thought as I dropped the package onto my mattress with a thud. I never…
The 2022 State of the Union address was the first such speech to mention harm reduction. The brief reference reinforced…
The man at the center of a pivotal legal battle over access to methadone while incarcerated has been held in…
Back before I'd ever heard of harm reduction, I spent a lot of time preoccupied with whether my prescription stimulant…
For most of the nearly six years British Columbia's overdose crisis has been declared a public health emergency, the consumption…
Across the United States, people with opioid addiction who are on parole aren’t getting the right medication. In many cases,…
North Carolina's latest state budget allocated millions of dollars to organizations that will facilitate treatment for substance use disorder (SUD).…