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Spread Across Cities, Could Fire Stations Host Safe Consumption Sites?

There are 41 fire stations spread across Calgary, Alberta. To a group of University of Calgary medical students, they represent…

March 7, 2023

Queensland, Australia, to Provide Free Drug-Checking Services

The state of Queensland, Australia, has announced that it will begin providing free drug-checking services. People will be able to…

February 28, 2023

They Call Me a Drug Seeker. Here’s What Their Opioid Policies Did to Me.

My life changed in a matter of seconds, when in 2010 I sustained a serious spinal injury in a tree-cutting…

February 27, 2023

New Mexico’s Effort to Authorize Safe Consumption Sites

New Mexico lawmakers are working to pass a bill to open safe consumption sites (SCS, also known as overdose prevention…

February 22, 2023

“Regressive Thinking” Ends Syringe, Pipe Distribution at Edmonton Transit Stations

Until recently, Boyle Street Community Services staff had been handing out various harm reduction tools to people who wanted and…

February 21, 2023

San Francisco’s Proposal to Deport People for Fentanyl-Sales Charges

A San Francisco lawmaker wants to make it easier to detain and deport undocumented immigrants for fentanyl sales charges. Like…

February 16, 2023

FDA Inches Closer to OTC Narcan—at the Expense of Generic Naloxone

Advisors to the Food and Drug Administration have voted unanimously in support of making a naloxone product available without requiring…

February 15, 2023

National Teen Survey Shows Static Drug-Use Rates Amid Increased Risks

Young America is in crisis, depicts a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report on teenage mental health…

February 15, 2023

We Need Harm Reduction Built for and Led by Youth Who Use Drugs

Young people use drugs. We need to accept this reality, and give them what they need to survive and thrive.…

February 10, 2023

Project to Set Up 100 Harm Reduction “Vending Machines” Across Canada

Vending machines are increasingly being deployed to distribute harm reduction supplies in North America. As Filter has reported, they’re being…

February 6, 2023