9 Best Articles in 2022
EFF
Telegram Harm Reduction for Users in Russia and Ukraine
EFF
5 min read · · Telegram has gained a reputation as the “secure” communications app in the post-Soviet states, but whenever you make choices about your digital security, it’s important to start by asking yourself,… · Shared by 61, including Albert Ràfols, Christo Meid, zooko❤ⓩ🛡🦓🦓🦓, your #1 source for absurdist true crime 🐍👑 🌷, Marcos, Cory Doctorow, Fabio Chiusi, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer
Vox
Covid-19’s big public health lesson: Ask people to be careful, not perfect
Vox
10 min read · · Harm reduction works. Covid-19 has proved it. · Shared by 19, including Elad Gil, Amesh Adalja, Monica Gandhi MD, MPH
The New York Times
Opinion | We Can Thank Drug Users for a Key Approach to Fighting Covid
The New York Times
5 min read · · Harm reduction is a gift from some of society's most demonized people. · Shared by 20, including Alexandra Sifferlin, Maia Szalavitz, Virginia Hughes
Los Angeles Times
Many aren’t buying public officials' 'stay-at-home' message. Experts say there's a better way
Los Angeles Times
6 min read · · Some experts say a harm-reduction approach to public health — educating people how to mitigate risk in their activities — would be more effective than all-or-nothing pleas to abstain from contact with… · Shared by 16, including Nate Silver, Danny Sullivan, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela
snopes.com
Did Biden Admin 'Fund Crack Pipes' To 'Advance Racial Equity'?
snopes.com
5 min read · · News reports in February 2022 grossly misrepresented the facts about a federal harm reduction program. · Shared by 22, including Mac McCann, Andrew Sullivan, Christina Sommers
The Atlantic
The Sports Betting Boom Is a Moral Disaster
The Atlantic
5 min read · · Ostensibly disinterested prophets of harm reduction are lending approbation to the behaviors they see themselves as regretfully tolerating. · Shared by 12, including Howard Getson
Scientific American
What Fighting COVID and Fighting Drug Addiction Have in Common
Scientific American
4 min read · · In both cases, harm reduction is a better strategy than draconian rules that feel virtuous but don't actually work · Shared by 12, including Maia Szalavitz, Carly
Fast Company
Why RISD students are designing spaces for people to safely do drugs
Fast Company
4 min read · · An interdisciplinary design studio at the Rhode Island School of Design is looking at how harm reduction centers can take a more holistic approach to addiction. · Shared by 11, including RISD
NPR
To save lives, overdose antidote should be sold over-the-counter, advocates argue
NPR
6 min read · · With opioid overdoses surging, harm-reduction groups are calling on the FDA to change naloxone's prescription-only status. This would make it easier to get the lifesaving drug to people at risk. · Shared by 11
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The Verge
FDA makes it easier for harm reduction groups to purchase lifesaving naloxone
The Verge
2 min read · · There are still other barriers to access. · Shared by 7, including Seeker by The Verge
JSTOR Daily
On Drugs and Harm Reduction with Maia Szalavitz
JSTOR Daily
~20 min read · · Author of Undoing Drugs and NYT columnist Szalavitz talks history, science, media shifts, politics, and how the US might mitigate its overdose crisis. · Shared by 6, including Maia Szalavitz
The BMJ
Recreational use of nitrous oxide
The BMJ
· Smart legislation, prevention, and harm reduction are required to reduce the risks Nitrous oxide (N2O) has been used non-medically since the early 19th century, but only over the past 20 years has it… · Shared by 6, including SSA
NPR
'Dopesick' author turns her attention to the citizen volunteers combatting addiction
NPR
20+ min read · · Author Beth Macy and harm reduction specialist Michelle Mathis talk about grassroots and community efforts to address the opioid crisis. Macy's latest book is Raising Lazarus. · Shared by 6
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The New Republic
What If We Pay People to Stop Using Drugs?
The New Republic
~12 min read · · Traditional treatments often take place in expensive facilities, demand total abstinence, and rely on punitive methods of control. A harm reduction model turns all of that on its head. · Shared by 12, including Nir Eyal
drugpolicy.org
Drug Decriminalization in Oregon Officially Begins Today
drugpolicy.org
3 min read · · Portland, OR – Today, Oregon became the first state in the United States to decriminalize possession of small amounts of all drugs and greatly increase access to treatment, recovery, harm reduction…
The New York Times
Can You Get Over an Addiction?
The New York Times
5 min read · · Neuroscience is giving us new insights into people who abuse drugs and alcohol and new hope for their treatment. · Shared by 23, including Ryan Boren, Maia Szalavitz, Nir Eyal
The New York Times
The 4 Traits That Put Kids at Risk for Addiction
The New York Times
~20 min read · · Early trials show that personality testing can identify 90 percent of the highest risk children, targeting risky traits before they cause problems. · Shared by 17, including Nir Eyal, Ryan Boren
FiveThirtyEight
What Science Says To Do If Your Loved One Has An Opioid Addiction
FiveThirtyEight
10 min read · · When a family member, spouse or other loved one develops an opioid addiction — whether to pain relievers like Vicodin or to heroin — few people know what to d… · Shared by 14, including Ryan Boren, Maia Szalavitz, Nick Wignall
The Washington Post
I made my son cannabis cookies. They changed his life.
The Washington Post
10 min read · · It’s time to reexamine the cultural and legal restrictions we put on medical marijuana. · Shared by 12, including Thomas Power, Joe Lencioni, Ryan Boren
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