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Deliberately mixing the powerful and deadly drug with stimulants like coke and meth is one (dangerous) way users are adjusting to a new market. High Wire is Maia Szalavitz’s reported opinion column on drugs and drug policy. Way back in the 1980s, when I was injecting drugs, the speedball—a shot combining cocaine ...

Authorities have spoken out about the threat of fentanyl in recreational drugs, but there’s reason to believe their claims are overblown. Last May, staff from New York City’s Department of Health and Hygiene toured bars and nightclubs to spread the word that the city’s cocaine was being laced with the lethal synthetic ...

Ces derniers jours, des affiches avec des slogans inhabituels ont fait leur apparition au centre-ville de Montréal. On peut y lire par exemple : « La drogue de contrebande est contaminée, et cette affiche n’y changera rien… », « On en a marre de crever! » ou « Empoisonnées par les politiques… ». Ce sont des organismes ...

Source: Peer support workers on front lines of the OD crisis need support too: Expert|CityNews1130.comOriginally published on August 12th 2018 VANCOUVER – Trey Helten has known almost every one of the 50 or so people he has treated for overdoses on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside since February. As a former heroin ...

Source: City of Vancouver releases 23 recommendations to combat ongoing opioid crisis|Global News.ca A new report shows overdose deaths in Vancouver remain high, with a large number of victims not necessarily who you’d think they are. Ted Chernecki reports. The City of Vancouver is out with 23 recommendations to combat the ...

Source: Global State of Harm Reduction 2018|Harm Reduction International(HRI.global) Global State of Harm Reduction 2018 The 2018 Global State of Harm Reduction is the sixth edition of this report, and the most comprehensive ever thanks to a coordinated effort of over 100 harm reduction practitioners, academics, advocates and activists from around the world. ...