Tag: syringes
Wound Care and Stigma: Healthcare Must Do Better for People Who Inject
There is a common misconception that people who inject drugs (PWID) don’t care about ...
Study: A Seattle Safer Consumption Site Would Save Money, as Well as Lives
Just one safer consumption space (SCS) for people who use drugs in Kings County, ...
“Never Give Up”—State Commission Urges Mass. to Move for Supervised Consumption Sites
The Massachusetts Commission on Harm Reduction issued a report on March 1 recommending the ...
How I Started South Carolina’s Only Formal Syringe Exchange
When I was 19, living in New Jersey and injecting drugs, I found out ...
Feds Take First Formal Swing at Stopping Supervised Consumption Space
The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania launched a preemptive strike ...
Fentanyl Overdoses Spike on Mexico’s Northern Border But Remain Invisible
When it landed three years ago, some six guys died here in one week,” ...
The Frankfurt Resolution of 1990 Still Inspires City-Level Drug Policy Reforms
Nearly 30 years ago, a group of European cities signed a groundbreaking drug policy ...
More Companies Should Offer Bathroom Syringe Disposals Like Starbucks
One sign of the extent to which the overdose crisis has shifted public discourse ...
Harm Reduction in the Land of 10,000 Rehabs
Addiction counselor Stephanie Devich points to a Christmas tree glimmering with purple and silver ...
