Tag: syringes
Innovative Canadian “Street Degree” Empowers Peer Harm Reduction Workers
In British Columbia, an entirely peer-taught overdose prevention “Street Degree” program has graduated its ...
Maine Hit Hard by Overdose Crisis, Yet Suffers Biggest Federal Funding Shortfall
Funding for harm reduction interventions in Maine received a much-needed boost on February 6. ...
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 ...
