On November 18, the newly organized group Doctors for Safer Drug Policy set up unsanctioned overdose prevention sites on the…
After two weeks in Royal Jubilee Hospital with a bad bout of pneumonia, Jared had stepped outside to smoke. Not…
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has implemented its first internal policy covering staff access to naloxone. While it revolves entirely…
The overdose crisis claims over 100,000 lives each year in the United States, but has received very little attention from…
International Drug Users Day, marked on November 1, is very near and dear to my heart. I’ve lost so many people…
Does Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia support decriminalizing drugs? He just gave a lukewarm indication that he could. But…
I have been homeless. I have been addicted to heroin. I have spent a great deal of my life as…
In cases where 911 is called, more bystanders than previously have been using naloxone when they believe someone is experiencing…
Canadian opponents of harm reduction have been pointing to recent data from Alberta as proof the province’s treatment-based approach to…
I’ve been using drugs—opioids, stimulants and many others—on and off for basically my whole adult life. I don’t see it…