syringes

In North Carolina, Our Syringe Programs Are Bracing for the Next Attack

If you were an injection drug user in Plaza Midwood before 2015—before syringe service programs (SSP) were legal here—you probably…

May 24, 2021

What the Incredible Achievements of ACT UP Can Teach Activists Today

For her 700-plus page magnum opus on the history of ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) New York, Sarah…

May 19, 2021

“Devastating” West Virginia Law Could Practically End Syringe Provision

Over 1,200 West Virginians died of overdose in 2020, new data show—a 45 percent increase from 2019. This coincides with…

April 26, 2021

North Carolina Bill Poised to Drastically Restrict Syringe Service Programs

A bill filed in the North Carolina state Senate may threaten the existence of syringe service programs (SSP) statewide. Titled…

April 21, 2021

Biden’s Likely “Drug Czar” Presided Over Destruction of WV Syringe Program

President Joe Biden is planning to announce Dr. Rahul Gupta as his pick for the director of the Office of…

March 17, 2021

Harm Reduction Services to Get $30 Million in First-Ever Federal Funding

The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan signed into law last week contained a series of provisions that have excited Democrats…

March 16, 2021

As HIV Outbreak Grips WV, Electeds Move to Cripple Syringe Programs

At the same moment HIV cases linked to injection drug use are spiking dangerously in West Virginia, state lawmakers have…

March 8, 2021

Charleston, WV, Wants a Syringe Service Program. Electeds Want It Criminalized.

Despite efforts by Charleston, West Virginia, politicians to re-criminalize syringe distribution, harm reduction is popular among local residents, according to…

February 24, 2021

Slovenia’s Sole Grassroots Syringe Exchange Violently Evicted, Bulldozed

Slovenia's sole grassroots harm reduction organization was forcefully displaced after authorities demolished a former factory in the capital city of…

February 4, 2021

What Harm Reductionists Want From Biden’s “Drug Czar”

On January 20, the Biden administration announced Regina LaBelle as acting director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.…

January 26, 2021