Showing posts with label harm reduction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label harm reduction. Show all posts
Thursday, May 8, 2014

Why the CDC Director Hates E-Cigarettes

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The pros and cons of getting your vape on. Last month, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began a new era—regulating e-cigarettes. ...
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Monday, August 12, 2013

Will Power and Its Limits

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How to strengthen your self-control. Reason in man obscured, or not obeyed, Immediately inordinate desires, And upstart passions, cat...
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Friday, February 24, 2012

Harm Reduction Advocate Takes on the Abstinence Question

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A guest editorial on “clean and sober” vs “drinking less.” One of the most divisive issues in the harm reduction movement is the question...
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Friday, September 30, 2011

An Insite-ful Decision

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Canadian Supreme Court clears the way for Vancouver’s safe-injection facility. Insite, the controversial supervised injection site for ad...
Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Today is Overdose Awareness Day

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Annual global day of action coordinated by Red Cross. According to the most recent figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Preven...
Friday, April 2, 2010

No Urine Test for Addiction

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Drug wars never work. The recognition that drug wars create crime is long overdue. More than fifteen years ago, a study of the econ...
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Drug Abuse Coverage Leaves Out the Science

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How the media covers harm reduction. Lewis Mehl-Madrona, a graduate of the Stanford University School of Medicine, recently wrote a piece ...
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Thursday, November 19, 2009

The Dutch Smoke Less Pot

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One of those inconvenient truths. Government drug policy experts don’t like the numbers, which is one of the reasons why you probably haven’...
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Friday, November 6, 2009

Needle Exchange in America

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AIDS/harm reduction activists press Obama . First, the good news: After 20 years, the U.S. Congress has voted to remove the funding ban on s...
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009

The Portuguese Experiment

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How has decriminalization fared in Portugal? In 2001, amid lurid worldwide media coverage, Portugal made the decision to eliminate penalties...
Thursday, July 9, 2009

Harm Reduction Scorecard

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A look at drug strategies worldwide. A fascinating study released earlier this year by the International Harm Reduction Association (IHRA) ...
Sunday, December 16, 2007

Harm Reduction: The Dutch Experience

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Does marijuana decriminalization work? Decriminalization of certain drug offenses is one of the goals of a loosely organized movement called...
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