President Joe Biden’s calls in his State of the Union speech for strong criminal penalties in response to soaring deaths linked to the potent opioid fentanyl are being rebuked by harm reduction […]
Supervised Consumption Sites (SCSs) are based on a harm reduction philosophy. SCSs are facilities where people can use drugs under the supervision of trained professionals, preventing overdoses from turning fatal, […]
“In the midst of the still-escalating national overdose crisis, Oregon has taken a bold and important step by ending the criminalization of people for drug use, potentially averting more than […]
On January 12, 2023 the federal government announced an important change to drug policy that should enable greatly expanded access to buprenorphine, a crucial opioid use disorder medication. This change could […]
NIH is announcing a $36 million, five-year investment in research to reduce the overdose epidemic and improve care access for people who use drugs through the establishment of a harm […]
