Harm Reduction
Police are Creating a Higher Risk of Overdoses At Australian Festivals, Study Finds
Experts say a new approach to policing would save lives.
Cops Still Don’t Understand How Fentanyl Works
Police departments keep posting misleading information about the drug on social media—and spending money on expensive and useless equipment.
People Are Dying of Overdoses in Mexico Because They Can’t Get Naloxone
Opioid overdoses are surging in Mexico, but naloxone, cheap and readily available just over the border, costs $25 a dose and requires a prescription.
Doctors Are Prescribing Fentanyl to Help People Addicted to Opioids
To stop overdoses, the British Columbia government is providing fentanyl patches and pills to people using street drugs.
New York Opens First Safe Injection Sites in the US
The sites open as more than 100,000 Americans died in a one-year period due to fatal overdoses.
Drug Use Isn’t a Moral Issue. Why Do Police Still Treat It As One?
Australian police's ‘Have a Conscience’ campaign is an ironically unconscionable attack on people who use drugs. The damage of such stigma is real.
Boris Johnson Doesn't Like Drug Consumption Rooms. Scotland Doesn't Care.
Campaigners hope that the introduction of DCRs in the world's drug death capital would lead to more evidence-based drug policies.
Revealed: The UK Government Ignored Its Own Experts' Advice to Decriminalise Drugs
In 2016, for the first time, the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs explicitly recommended decriminalising drug possession and use.
Police Might Raid Student Halls for Drugs During Freshers' Week
Priti Patel's plan to make an example of middle-class drug users is a terrible idea, according to every single person we asked.
Watch This MDMA Dealer Destroy a £3,500 Stash After Finding Out It Was Fake
There’s no trading standards in the drugs business, but this dealer went for the safe option.
This Could Finally Be the First Drug Safe-Injection Site in the US
That is, if the feds and NIMBYs don’t block it.
How to Test Your Drugs for Fentanyl
Test strips are easy to use and can turn up synthetic opioids in heroin, cocaine, and other powders before you actually put them in your body.