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Harm Reduction
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Study: 87% of Festival-Goers Plan To Use Drugs, Cannabis Most Popular Choice
Festival season is upon us, and a recent study finds that the vast majority of attendees plan to use drugs to elevate their experience.
Study Explores the Positive Effects of Free Cannabis Donations
Researchers closely examined Michigan’s harm reduction program, which allows staff to provide free cannabis to those in need.
Can Cannabinoids Help People Wean Off Opioids?
A study provided a clinical framework designed to help people wean off and eventually replace opioids.
Study: Cannabis May Be Effective Harm Reduction Tool To Ease Stimulant Cravings
Gateway or a way out?
Tripping? Nonprofit Launches New Psychedelic Info Hotline
Psychedelic nonprofit Unlimited Sciences announced the Psychedelic Info Line providing callers with fact-based information on psychedelics.
Drug Testing Access at Australian Festivals May Have Prevented Past Deaths
In an analysis of drug-related Australian music festival deaths between 2000-2019, researchers found that most deaths were associated with MDMA toxicity and concluded that increasing access to drug testing resources and other harm reduction measures may have prevented deaths in the observed cases.
UN Report Calls for Drug Policies That Protect Human Rights, Reduce Harm
The United Nations says that the War on Drugs has “profound and far-reaching” impacts, and it’s time for member states to start implementing new policies.
How Many Hemp-Derived Cannabinoids Does It Take To Screw in a Lightbulb?
Donald Trump, in all his orange wisdom, inadvertently legalized commercial “hemp” production with the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill. God only knew at that point in time the chaotic and untimely snowball effect Trump’s silly little orange signature would generate, and the name of the beast was Delta-8.
New York Approves Bill Legalizing Overdose Prevention Center
It's a significant win for the harm reduction movement in New York and beyond.
U.S. Overdose Deaths Total Record 107,000 Last Year
Deaths caused by drug overdoses spiked to more than 107,000 in 2021, a year marked by the continuation of the coronavirus pandemic and a rise in fatal overdoses linked to synthetic opioids such as fentanyl.