On a late August afternoon, a woman with shoulder-length brown hair asked a passing driver on the west side of…
In 2012, the Chicago Police Department (CPD) collected data on everyone arrested in the last four years, and used it…
The city of Oakland, California is considering setting guidelines on where homeless encampments will be allowed—and not allowed—to set up,…
President Donald Trump's administration has announced the roll-out of the "largest-ever" baseline budget for a program that coordinates the drug…
Drug overdoses (better described as toxic drug mixtures and poisonings) claimed nearly half a million lives in the US between…
In May 2019, Alex Billmeyer died from methamphetamine intoxication after being held in a Dubuque County, Iowa jail cell for…
As homelessness continues to pose an immediate humanitarian crisis in major cities like New York and Los Angeles, the same…
“Subs. Who needs subs?” a woman called out quietly near the intersection of Kensington and Allegheny avenues on a recent…
On January 27, a Black man, handcuffed with his hands behind his back in a police car, was fatally shot…
Across the US, most health professionals can now find opportunities to learn how to integrate harm reduction into their practice,…