From the moment I began openly acknowledging my opioid use—often via self-deprecating jokes, at least to friends—people shamed me. This…
Counties across the state of New Jersey trumpet their commitment to ending stigma against people with addiction. In 2018, for…
As a signature drive kicks off in Washington State to qualify a drug decriminalization measure for November’s ballot, newly released…
Dawn Troutt, of Delaware County, Pennsylvania, lost her 38-year-old son to a fentanyl-involved overdose on July 22, 2019. Her son,…
The parents of a 13-year-old middle school student brought their son to a counselor of my acquaintance. “He spends all…
A kilo is surprisingly heavy, I thought as I dropped the package onto my mattress with a thud. I never…
Two-and-a-half years after a bad relationship left her homeless, and 16 months after Child Protective Services took her children, Stephanie…
When I began using drugs, I didn’t have anyone I could safely go to for advice or help. Nobody in…
[This article is excerpted from UNDOING DRUGS: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction, by Maia…
There must be all kinds of unexplored applications for harm reduction, but the one I always come back to is…