“What about treatment?” I’m commonly asked this question by well-intentioned folks when I say I am a harm reduction advocate,…
One of the reasons we have Food and Drug Administration-approved medications for opioid use disorder (OUD) is that opioids are…
A top federal health official is offering some pointed critiques of the United States drug criminalization model, stressing how politicizing…
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is soliciting proposals to develop psychedelics into treatments for substance use disorder (SUD), with…
On September 26, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell (D) unveiled his proposed 2024 budget. It indicates the city will not be…
The book Addicted and Convicted: Letters from a Lost Daughter, published in August, tells the story of how Elizabeth Elliot…
To harm reductionists in the United States, Canada can sound like a bastion of progressive, evidence-based drug policies. Naloxone is…
No drugs, no pain, very low cost, and it can break treatment-resistant trauma in one-to-five sessions? If such a treatment…
Standing in the courtroom as I awaited sentencing, the light tapping of the stenographer gave me déjà vu. The watchful…
On July 1, as Washington State's embattled "Blake decision" expires, a new drug possession law takes effect. After a winding…