Charges Dropped Against The Drug User Liberation Front
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British Columbia’s Supreme Court Justice Catherine Murray’s decision to throw out the charges against Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx, the…
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It’s Time for Harm Reduction to Focus on New Initiates to Injecting Drug Use
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The period right after someone starts injecting drugs is especially risky. People are still learning how to inject, how to…
‘Recovery TikTok’: How Can Drug Treatment Services Support Young People?
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For many young people today, support for people who use drugs often begins not with intervention from a doctor or…
The Alberta Recovery Model: The Trojan Horse of Privatised Drug Treatment
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When the United Conservative Party (UCP) government took power in the Western Canadian province of Alberta in 2019, harm reduction…
Getting High on Perfume in the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro
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It was already around 2:30am – but the party was just getting started in the favela of Rocinha in Rio…
Compassion v Criminalisation: DULF Awaits Verdict in Canada over Safe Drug Supply
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On 24 July, final arguments concluded the Drug User Liberation Front‘s (DULF) trial challenging Canada’s constitution. If they win, this…
How Drug Checking Services Around the World Navigate Prohibition
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Amidst an ever turbulent political environment in North America that has all but written off harm reduction and drug checking…
International Aid is Paying for Drug-Related Executions, Even as it Cuts Harm Reduction
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On the surface, international aid seems like a noble cause. International aid is defined as money administered with the promotion…
‘It Makes Everything Happen’: The Benefits of OPCs Beyond Overdose Prevention
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2021 was a monumental year for harm reduction in the United States. In July, the country’s first bill legalising overdose…
‘Violence is our daily bread here’: Rethinking Harm Reduction from the Streets of Colombia
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What do we mean by drug-related harm? For those of us working in harm reduction, that is an essential question…
‘Not in the Room’: Nigeria’s New Harm Reduction Masterplan Excludes Reformers
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Nigeria is currently finalising the document that will shape its drug policy for the next five years. The fifth National…
Beyond the Prison Gate: Why Harm Reduction Belongs in Prison
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Drug use does not stop at the prison gate. In fact, around 4 in 10 people entering prison have a…