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Denial of Methadone Devastates Incarcerated People: What Hope?

When people who are dependent on opioids are incarcerated and denied access, they go into withdrawal—an often-painful condition with symptoms…

June 4, 2019

Harm Reduction Is Growing in Scotland—But So Are Overdose Deaths

In November 2018, Scotland launched a revised national drug policy that prioritizes recovery resources, including enhancing harm reduction resources. But according…

May 23, 2019

Maine Legislators Choose Stigma Over Science in Shameful SCS Decision

On May 10, the members of the Health and Human Services Committee of Maine’s legislature debated LD949—a bill that would…

May 17, 2019

Innovative Canadian “Street Degree” Empowers Peer Harm Reduction Workers

In British Columbia, an entirely peer-taught overdose prevention "Street Degree" program has graduated its first batch of certificate recipients. They…

May 16, 2019

Three Recent Stories Illustrate the Media’s Ongoing Drug-War Propaganda

Three widely distributed stories from the past couple of months illustrate the profound ways in which the media perpetuates harmful…

May 8, 2019

Trump Doubles Down on “Drug-Free” America and the Death Penalty

President Donald Trump's contradictory messages about his response to the opioid-involved overdose crisis were on full display during a self-congratulatory…

April 25, 2019

DEA’s “Innovative” Strategy in New Orleans Encourages Ever-Harsher Prosecutions

On April 16, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) launched its latest punishment-driven, treatment-inflected response to the opioid-involved overdose crisis in…

April 17, 2019

Newsflash: There Are Drugs at Coachella—Let’s Help People Use Them Safely

Coachella, the giant annual music and arts festival in California’s Colorado Desert, began April 12 and ends nine days later.…

April 15, 2019

Vindictive Drug-Induced Homicide Charges Are Set to Surge in Chicago

Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson believes that drug-induced deaths are "becoming an epidemic" and that the Chicago police should "do what…

April 10, 2019

To Address Addiction, Confront Racism in Our Health and Justice Systems

It’s widely documented that decades of punitive criminal justice and drug policies have led to the US becoming the world’s…

April 8, 2019