“There is a lack of information from universities because there is a nervousness about them talking about something that’s illegal,” she says. “They know it happens, but they aren’t sure of their role in intervening. They can’t tell people that getting into debt with drug dealers is a bad idea, or [to use] certain drugs…
When we find out someone who doesn’t fit that dirty, scabbed, disheveled description has used drugs or become addicted to them, it shatters our narrative. We need to support each person who use drugs regardless of how they look; their socioeconomic status; their age; their race; if they live in the suburbs, in a small…
“[This] adds critical evidence that on-site pill-testing services may be a valuable public health and safety tool.” Study: Many recreational drug users say they wouldn’t take pills shown to be adulterated, fake… “People would be safest not taking any street drugs at all, but if free, no-fault testing can reduce deaths and other catastrophic consequences,…
“Open dispensaries provide over $30,000 per year in social benefit in terms of larcenies prevented,” authors concluded. Researchers identified an immediate increase in criminal activity – particularly property crime, larceny, and auto break ins – in the areas where dispensary operations were forced to close as compared to crime rates in those neighborhoods where marijuana…
For years, Andreas struggled to let go of the childhood physical and emotional abuse he suffered at the hands of his father. For him, the verbal abuse was the worst. “I would have taken a beating any day than to be told that, ‘You’re a piece of s—t,’” said Andreas, who asked we not use…
Scientists, public health experts and volunteers working with them have started to show up at music festivals, concerts, raves and other public gatherings where illicit drugs are frequently used. For the first time in Britain, the more than 200,000 attendees at last year’s outdoor music festival Kendal Calling had access to a tent where their…
[I] am passionate about harm reduction We need safer injecting, more funding into harm reduction, more funding into treatment centers. Not everybody that tries it will become dependent, but those who do – they need help. The government’s ways of tackling addiction do not work. If someone came up to me and asked for a…
“If the university is serious about avoiding further tragedies they should invest in proven nightlife drug harm reduction measures. We should follow the evidence of what will keep people safe, not futile enforcement grandstanding.” -Steve Rolles, Senior Policy Analyst for the Transform Drug Policy Foundation. There’s not a wealth of research on the effectiveness of…
*image not a drug testing kit…countries are starting to recognize, and work to implement, harm reduction strategies to keep its citizens safe. For the first time this summer, some of Britain’s largest festivals and live music events are aiming to introduce drug testing for attendees with the support of local police forces…. “It’s really exciting that police are…
A decree issued by Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto today [June 19th, 2017] confirmed that Mexico has legalized cannabis for medicinal use. Peña Nieto was once a vehement opponent of cannabis legalization, but has since called for a re-examination of global drug policy after a nationwide public debate on legalization in early 2016. “The ruling…
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