Tag: syringes
New Study: Syringe Service Providers Could Have Prevented the Scott County HIV Outbreak
In the wake of the unprecedented outbreak of HIV among people who inject drugs ...
Sharing “Cookers” Heightens HIV Transmission Risk—But There’s An Easy Way To Fix That
Sharing injection drug preparation equipment, like “cookers,” increases people’s risks of transmitting HIV, according ...
Huge Harm Reduction Gathering Allows Portugal to Teach the World
To walk down the hill to the Douro River in Porto on a sunny ...
Hep C Treatment Is Scarce Behind Bars—And Jeopardized Upon Release
In April 2010, Sean tested positive for the hepatitis C virus (HCV) in Seattle’s ...
In Approaching Nicotine, Let’s Learn From Past Harm Reduction Victories
Alternative nicotine products—including e-cigarettes, lower-risk tobacco alternatives like snus, and heat-not-burn devices—have fallen under ...
Drug Paraphernalia Laws: The “Swiss Army Knife” of the Drug War
On June 7, 2018 Jessica* was sitting behind a church in Fayetteville, North Carolina, ...
Let’s Address Four Common Myths About Harm Reduction
The US has historically been resistant to supporting harm reduction programs for people who ...
Legal Syringe Programs Could Finally Be Arriving in Iowa
In Iowa City, Ben, a 26-year-old who has been using heroin for years, met ...
Inside Vancouver’s Drug User Union
The Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) is a member-driven organization that organizes ...
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 ...
