In Iowa City, Ben, a 26-year-old who has been using heroin for years, met the Iowa Harm Reduction Coalition while…
There is a profound moment in the film And The Band Played On, about the early days of the US…
Early one morning in January 2018, Bruce Gramiack Jr. awoke to find his cellmate's "lifeless body on the floor" at…
The Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) is a member-driven organization that organizes to improve the lives of people…
Is kratom a plant (Mitragyna speciosa)—originating in Southeast Asia and long used in traditional medicines for the mild opioid-like and…
In January, the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) outlined its strategy "to address, head on, the current opioid crisis"—yet they…
Mood modification through drugs—intoxication—is a standard cultural reality in American history, but possibly even more so today. Rather than hopelessly…
Just one safer consumption space (SCS) for people who use drugs in Kings County, Washington would generate annual savings worth…
The Massachusetts Commission on Harm Reduction issued a report on March 1 recommending the development of supervised consumption spaces (SCS)…
Barely a day passes on my beat without my meeting someone with a harrowing story about the impact of zero-tolerance…