peer workers

Community “Bad Batch” Alerts Contrast With Algorithmic OD Prevention

In 2020, Ohio-based nonprofit the SOAR Initiative launched a pioneering “bad batch” alert system. Its platform allows anyone to submit…

March 3, 2025

What Does “Lived Experience” Really Mean?

Policymakers frequently fail to listen to those they serve, making it impossible to understand their needs. “Nothing about us without…

November 12, 2024

Urgent Needs Remain in Portland, OR, After 90-Day “Fentanyl Emergency”

State and city officials have declared the end of a 90-day “fentanyl emergency” in Portland, Oregon, and released a report…

May 7, 2024

New Efforts to Make Top-Level Policy and Research Welcome Drug Users

As the oft-cited mantra “Nothing about us without us” suggests, the involvement of people who use drugs in drug research…

November 18, 2021

“I Want the Same Protection”—Canadian Peer Harm Reduction Workers Unionize

Like their counterparts in the United States and around the world, Canadian harm reduction "peer" workers have for decades been…

January 21, 2021