Opioid overdoses are at record highs. It doesn’t have to be this way
By Ariel Boone on As COVID intensifies the overdose crisis in Alameda County and elsewhere, harm reduction advocates step in where government lags.
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Reflections from a recovering meth addict
By Bobby Nobel on I think it’s safe to say meth ruined my life. At least for the time being. It changed my outlook on life and it changed people’s outlook on me.
Which comes first: homelessness or drug use?
By Andy Pope on “Does the crackhead become homeless, or does the homeless person become a crackhead?” This question was posed on the website
San Francisco’s safe injection sites: down but not out
By Robert Stanford on Assembly Bill 186 would have provided safe injection sites for the intravenous drug-using population of San Francisco. It began its uphill battle three years ago. After years of trial and error, the bill finally passed the State Assembly and Senate in August, this time allowing just San Francisco to run three pilot safe injection sites for a trial period of three years.