SCS

How Splitting and Sharing Got the OK at Canada’s Overdose Prevention and Supervised Consumption Sites

Never underestimate the power and dedication of a group of fearless and motivated harm reductionists. Early in the process of…

September 29, 2021

Drug Users Testify as MA Lawmakers Weigh Safe Consumption Sites

On September 27, Massachusetts lawmakers invited members of the public to speak about safe consumption sites (SCS). The state legislature…

September 28, 2021

Governor Newsom Owes It to Voters to End California’s Drug War

California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) has comfortably won the recall election aimed at removing him from office, with a 30-point…

September 16, 2021

Alberta’s Battle Over Harm Reduction Is Heating Up

The consistent hostility of Alberta’s government toward the province’s regulated supervised consumption sites (SCS) has become a fixture in the…

September 16, 2021

On International Overdose Awareness Day, New Yorkers’ Demands Are Clear

Today, community members, leaders and lawmakers are holding press conferences across New York State to mark International Overdose Awareness Day…

August 31, 2021

New York’s Harm Reduction Victories in the 2021 Legislative Session

[This story is published in partnership with New York Focus, an independent, investigative news site covering New York state and city…

July 13, 2021

Rhode Island on the Brink of Authorizing Safe Consumption Sites

On June 29, the Rhode Island House of Representatives voted in favor of a bill to authorize safe consumption sites,…

July 1, 2021

Alberta Government’s New Rules Set SCS Up to Fail, Advocates Say

More roadblocks loom for Alberta’s safe consumption sites, as the provincial government sets new regulations for the facilities' operations. The…

June 10, 2021

Alberta’s Discredited Anti-SCS Report Still Raised Across North America

Governments wield power over the implementation of harm reduction services, but their impacts aren’t limited to their own jurisdictions. For…

May 13, 2021

New Mexico the Latest State to Advance a Safe Consumption Site Bill

Exactly a week after the Rhode Island Senate passed a bill that would set in motion the state's establishment of…

March 4, 2021