The conversation around drugs has long been framed by cost. Policymakers calculate the billions lost every year to productivity gaps, hospitalizations, law enforcement and incarceration. The U.S.

Groups dedicated to keeping drug users healthy — and alive — have thrived during the past decade to counter the staggering toll of the nation’s overdose crisis. They hit the streets to distribute ...

Rave and festival communities have long embraced a culture of mutual care, where people naturally keep an eye on one another and support those around them. Whether it is at raves, clubs, or even ...

ALMOST two decades ago, I stood at the frontlines of Malaysia’s HIV epidemic, a time when fear, stigma and silence ruled the discourse around drug use and HIV. The data was grim: some 70 per cent of ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — In some major cities across the United States, recent reporting from The New York Times finds that there's now a turn away from once-favored harm reduction efforts meant to blunt the ...

In small towns across South Carolina, the signs of the opioid crisis are written in the obituaries. Yet for all the heartbreak that addiction has brought to rural America, the most effective tool we ...

Nasal Narcan, used to reverse an overdose, stock a harm reduction vending machine in Milwaukee. Photo by Isiah Holmes | Wisconsin Examiner I’ve buried more people than I can count. That includes my ...

The Lurie administration is limiting the distribution of harm-reduction supplies, and otherwise appears to be pivoting from harm reduction as a key strategy for mitigating the dangers of drug ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sarah Sinclair is an award-winning journalist covering cannabis. The cannabis beverage market has seen significant growth in the U ...