Since 2021, New Yorkers have been rightly puzzled by OnPoint NYC, the “safe injection” sites where hard-drug addicts shoot up under medical supervision. After all, drugs like fentanyl and heroin are ...

Progressive “harm reduction” advocates have insisted for decades that active users should take a central role in crafting drug policy. While this belief is profoundly reckless—akin to letting drunk ...

Lev’s reporting has explored Americans’ deadly hostility to addiction medications, subpar treatment offered in jails and prisons, shifts in the illicit drug supply and consumption behavior, ...

Cona M. Thorp was sentenced to 17 months total in prison for dealing cocaine, methamphetamine and fentanyl.

There’s a renewed push to legalize overdose prevention centers on Beacon Hill, with advocates touting supervised drug use as harm prevention. That depends on how one defines harm. At these centers, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Until we stop framing all drug use and every overdose as problems of “addiction” and “substance use disorders,” we ...

Seattle’s new approach to drug enforcement is triggering alarm among police and public safety advocates, who warn the city is quietly sliding back toward the conditions that once fueled crime, ...

A patient of mine, a veteran who had tried to quit smoking for over a decade, told me that after he started a GLP-1 drug for his diabetes, he lost interest in cigarettes. He didn’t use a patch. He ...

At least two major West Coast cities are rethinking their so-called harm reduction policies that have sought to address addiction, signaling that these areas are overhauling their strategy to combat ...

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic have long helped people eat less — now, they’re showing promise in helping people crave less. A new analysis of records from over 600,000 diabetic veterans found that GLP-1 ...

Los Angeles Mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt put forward a plan Friday for dealing with the city's drug and homelessness ...

Jammu and Kashmir is set to establish government-run rehabilitation centers statewide to aid recovering addicts. Lieutenant ...