9 Best Articles in 2022
EFF
Telegram Harm Reduction for Users in Russia and Ukraine
EFF
5 min read · Mar 5th · 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,…
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Vox
Covid-19’s big public health lesson: Ask people to be careful, not perfect
Vox
10 min read · 2021-03-15 · Harm reduction works. Covid-19 has proved it.
Reader View · 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 · 2021-07-23 · Harm reduction is a gift from some of society's most demonized people.
Reader View · 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 · 2020-12-07 · 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…
Reader View · 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 · Feb 9th · News reports in February 2022 grossly misrepresented the facts about a federal harm reduction program.
Reader View · 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 · May 9th · Ostensibly disinterested prophets of harm reduction are lending approbation to the behaviors they see themselves as regretfully tolerating.
Reader View · Shared by 12, including Howard Getson
Scientific American
What Fighting COVID and Fighting Drug Addiction Have in Common
Scientific American
4 min read · 2021-07-07 · In both cases, harm reduction is a better strategy than draconian rules that feel virtuous but don't actually work
Reader View · Shared by 12, including Maia Szalavitz, Carly
NPR
To save lives, overdose antidote should be sold over-the-counter, advocates argue
NPR
6 min read · 2021-12-14 · 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.
Reader View · Shared by 11
The New Republic
What If We Pay People to Stop Using Drugs?
The New Republic
~12 min read · 2021-02-25 · 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.
Reader View · Shared by 11, including Nir Eyal
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The Atlantic
The Sports Betting Boom Is a Moral Disaster
The Atlantic
5 min read · May 9th · Ostensibly disinterested prophets of harm reduction are lending approbation to the behaviors they see themselves as regretfully tolerating.
Reader View · Shared by 12, including Howard Getson
youtube.com
Harm Reduction: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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Mar 28th · John Oliver discusses why overdoses in the U.S. have been on the rise and what we should, and shouldn’t, be doing to prevent them.Connect with Last Week Toni...
NPR
Drug overdose deaths are at a record high. Here's what the White House plans to do
NPR
2 min read · Apr 21st · Harm reduction is one of four policies the Biden administration says must be immediately implemented in order to address the record high number of overdose deaths.
Reader View · Shared by 7
National Post
Alberta harm reduction advocate, drug user challenges government focus on abstinence
National Post
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Reader View · Shared by 6
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drugpolicy.org
Drug Decriminalization in Oregon Officially Begins Today
drugpolicy.org
3 min read · 2021-02-03 · 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…
Reader View · Shared by 18
The New York Times
The 4 Traits That Put Kids at Risk for Addiction
The New York Times
~20 min read · From 2017 · Early trials show that personality testing can identify 90 percent of the highest risk children, targeting risky traits before they cause problems.
Reader View · Shared by 17, including Nir Eyal, Ryan Boren
The New York Times
Can You Get Over an Addiction?
The New York Times
5 min read · From 2017 · Neuroscience is giving us new insights into people who abuse drugs and alcohol and new hope for their treatment.
Reader View · Shared by 21, including Ryan Boren, Maia Szalavitz, Nir Eyal
FiveThirtyEight
What Science Says To Do If Your Loved One Has An Opioid Addiction
FiveThirtyEight
10 min read · From 2017 · 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…
Reader View · 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 · From 2017 · It’s time to reexamine the cultural and legal restrictions we put on medical marijuana.
Reader View · Shared by 12, including Thomas Power, Joe Lencioni, Ryan Boren
