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Public health
fromwww.dw.com
10 hours ago

Fentanyl: Germany prepares for synthetic opioid crisis DW 09/15/2025

Supervised drug consumption rooms prevent onsite deaths, but synthetic opioids mixed with heroin and live social-media drug use are sharply increasing overdose risk.
#fentanyl
fromwww.dw.com
13 hours ago
Public health

Fentanyl: Germany prepares for a synthetic opioid crisis DW 09/15/2025

Supervised drug consumption rooms and harm-reduction services prevent on-site deaths but face new dangers from fentanyl, nitazenes, crack, and live social-media drug trends.
fromFast Company
4 months ago
Media industry

How Overdrive's creative director is using branding to get people to test their drugs for fentanyl

Overdrive uses edgy branding and packaging to appeal to younger consumers while promoting harm reduction through drug testing.
Media industry
fromFast Company
4 months ago

How Overdrive's creative director is using branding to get people to test their drugs for fentanyl

Overdrive uses edgy branding and packaging to appeal to younger consumers while promoting harm reduction through drug testing.
more#fentanyl
#opioid-crisis
fromwww.cbc.ca
2 weeks ago
Public health

Ontario needs an emergency task force to prevent overdose deaths, NDP and advocates say | CBC News

fromsilive
3 months ago
NYC startup

Vending machines stocked with free naloxone, drug-test strips slated for Staten Island

fromwww.cbc.ca
2 weeks ago
Public health

Ontario needs an emergency task force to prevent overdose deaths, NDP and advocates say | CBC News

fromsilive
3 months ago
NYC startup

Vending machines stocked with free naloxone, drug-test strips slated for Staten Island

more#opioid-crisis
Public health
fromstupidDOPE | Est. 2008
1 day ago

Weed, Herpes, and Safer Habits: Why Sharing Isn't Always Caring | stupidDOPE | Est. 2008

Sharing joints, blunts, bongs, or vapes can transmit herpes through mouth contact; adopt safer communal smoking practices to reduce transmission risk.
#addiction-recovery
fromPsychology Today
2 days ago
Mental health

Recovery Is More Than Abstinence

Recovery from addiction is a non-linear, person-centered process focused on rebuilding connection, dignity, and hope, with multiple pathways beyond abstinence.
fromABC7 San Francisco
4 months ago
San Francisco

California bill sparks debate over drug-free supportive housing and harm reduction in SF

San Francisco is experiencing a shift from harm reduction approaches to sobriety-based supportive housing amid rising overdose deaths.
San Francisco
fromABC7 San Francisco
4 months ago

California bill sparks debate over drug-free supportive housing and harm reduction in SF

San Francisco is experiencing a shift from harm reduction approaches to sobriety-based supportive housing amid rising overdose deaths.
more#addiction-recovery
fromwww.cbc.ca
6 days ago

Carfentanil appearing in record levels in Toronto drug supply: report | CBC News

There was a long period of time that we weren't seeing [it], but it has started creeping up since May,
Public health
#drug-policy
fromKqed
4 months ago
NYC politics

San Francisco Has A New Drug Policy Goal: Long-Term Remission | KQED

fromKqed
4 months ago
NYC politics

San Francisco Has A New Drug Policy Goal: Long-Term Remission | KQED

more#drug-policy
Public health
fromThe Nation
1 week ago

This Overdose Prevention Center Isn't Giving Up on Harm Reduction

Peer-led harm reduction programs like Project Weber expand recovery access and overdose prevention by growing from grassroots volunteers into larger, staffed community organizations.
Public health
fromIrish Independent
2 weeks ago

High strength MDMA pills at Electric Picnic 'pose extreme risk', HSE warns

Pills at the festival contain up to 300mg MDMA; HSE offers on-site drug checking and harm reduction advice, urging avoiding use and seeking medical help.
Public health
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 weeks ago

In the age of deadly street drugs, an Oakland nonprofit is analyzing drugs for users

Free, rapid street drug testing uses infrared analysis to identify adulterants and inform users, reducing overdose risk through harm-reduction guidance.
US politics
fromTruthout
2 weeks ago

Trump's Answer to Homelessness? Lock Unhoused and Disabled People Up.

The executive order replaces Housing First and harm-reduction policies with forced civil commitment, sobriety-tied housing, bans on urban camping, and ending safe-injection support.
Cannabis
fromstupidDOPE | Est. 2008
2 weeks ago

The Future of Cannabis Education: Preparing the Next Generation of Consumers | stupidDOPE | Est. 2008

Comprehensive, evidence-based cannabis education is essential to prepare new consumers for normalized, highly accessible legalized markets, emphasizing harm reduction, risks, and therapeutic context.
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
3 weeks ago

Opioid deaths in Canada fell 17% in 2024 | CBC News

Canada’s opioid toxicity deaths fell 17% in 2024 to 7,146 (average 20 per day), but declines vary regionally and overall deaths remain high.
SF music
from48 hills
3 weeks ago

Party Radar: The city is supporting an underground-led techno event. That's something. - 48 hills

San Francisco government is supporting a free outdoor techno party in Salesforce Park, signaling official backing of underground nightlife and potential local economic benefits.
fromAdvocate.com
1 month ago

Trump's war on harm reduction will cost LGBTQ+ lives

Harm reduction is a proven public health intervention that acknowledges that incremental steps toward healthy decision-making can save lives and prevent the spread of disease.
LGBT
Public health
fromkffhealthnews.org
2 months ago

In a nation growing hostile toward drugs and homelessness, Los Angeles tries leniency

Skid Row Care Campus offers harm reduction services for the homeless, focusing on safer drug use and treatment access amid rising challenges of street homelessness.
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
3 months ago

Despite 'massive shift' towards smoking over injection, Ontario has only 1 supervised drug inhalation space | CBC News

Ontario is lagging in supporting the rising number of opioid users who prefer inhalation over injection.
NYC politics
fromLos Angeles Times
4 months ago

'Now is not the time': Trump cuts to L.A. overdose prevention efforts alarm experts

California sees a decline in fentanyl overdose deaths, but funding cuts threaten harm reduction efforts.
Toronto startup
fromwww.cbc.ca
4 months ago

Doctor operating safer supply clinics billed OHIP $2.5M last year | CBC News

Dr. Koka's clinics face ongoing scrutiny for high opioid prescriptions amid calls for operational changes from local officials.
from48hills.org
4 months ago

Dorsey measure that undermines harm reduction moves forward

"Abstinence-only drug policy does not create healthy outcomes," emphasized UCSF addiction specialist Dr. Sarah Rosenwohl-Mack, highlighting the failures of this approach in promoting public health.
San Francisco
San Francisco
fromMission Local
4 months ago

Dorsey's 'Recovery First' plan heads to full S.F. board - with key wording changed

Matt Dorsey's 'recovery first' ordinance advances to the Board of Supervisors with amendments reflecting a shift from 'abstinence-first' to 'long-term remission.'
NYC politics
fromGothamist
4 months ago

Drug-related deaths dropped in NYC shelter system, even as population boomed

Drug-related deaths in NYC shelters dropped by 17% in the last year, despite an increase in shelter population.
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