In popular culture, people who sell drugs are stereotyped as remorseless monsters, like the loathsome Mikey Forrester from the book…
Across the state of Oregon, people found by police to be in possession of small amounts of any controlled substance—from…
A student-led nonprofit in Columbus, Ohio, has created a smartphone app that helps community members report "bad batches" of drugs…
As President Joe Biden begins his term, his Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has the opportunity to halt…
Just over a week before a more reform-friendly administration takes over in Washington, the US harm reduction movement was dealt…
Rodney Hasty, a prosecutor in Asheville, North Carolina for 18 years, died unexpectedly last October near his home. He was…
For the first time ever, Congress has weighed in on the issue of safe consumption sites (SCS). A bill tied…
New York City, like the rest of the country, is facing a historic overdose crisis driven by illicit fentanyl adulterating…
Though 2020 was characterized primarily by the catastrophe of COVID-19, Canada’s public health landscape was marked by significant milestones—both forward…
A new study elevating the voices of opioid users who survived an overdose found that emergency department (ED) healthcare workers…