On June 7, Vermont Governor Phil Scott (R) vetoed House Bill 728, which would have created an Overdose Prevention Site…
A new report published by the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, examines how federal and state drug “paraphernalia” laws…
British Columbia has become the first jurisdiction in Canada to receive the federal green light to decriminalize drug possession. On…
Over the past five years, five more states have passed drug-induced homicide (DIH) statutes, reflecting the country’s ever-increasing investment in…
Ohio lawmakers are—slowly—considering legislation to decriminalize fentanyl test strips. On May 19, state Representative Kristin Boggs (D) testified before the…
Peter Vanderkloot’s groundbreaking article—Methadone: Medicine, Harm Reduction or Social Control—hit me hard. As a social worker, I helped people who…
In the central region of Illinois, the Champaign-Urbana Health District (CUHD) is giving out free naloxone to local restaurants, gas…
A New York State Assembly committee has voted to advance legislation that would authorize safe consumption sites (SCS) across the…
New provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that almost 108,000 people died of a…
On May 4 in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) distributed 3.5 grams each of fentanyl-free heroin,…