Tag: syringes
“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 ...
North Carolina Bill Poised to Drastically Restrict Syringe Service Programs
A bill filed in the North Carolina state Senate may threaten the existence of ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Slovenia’s Sole Grassroots Syringe Exchange Violently Evicted, Bulldozed
Slovenia’s sole grassroots harm reduction organization was forcefully displaced after authorities demolished a former ...
What Harm Reductionists Want From Biden’s “Drug Czar”
On January 20, the Biden administration announced Regina LaBelle as acting director of the ...
DC Decriminalized Drug Paraphernalia. Here’s What That Means on the Ground.
On December 22, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) signed the Opioid Overdose ...
Two Roadmaps Show How New York Can Decriminalize Harm Reduction in 2021
Just a month following historic drug policy wins at the ballot box in November, ...
