Last week, CTV News published an article with a headline harm reduction activists across the country pounced on: “ Drug overdoses in Toronto up nearly 50 per cent since last January, city data shows.” ...

The opioid settlement funds handed down by the state are going back to community organizations in the city that seek to meet people at every stage of substance use.

Cheap disposable vapes (single-use devices prefilled with high-strength nicotine salts and sold cheaply) are especially ...

Advocates point to a Philadelphia program as a model for statewide grief support services that could be funded with opioid settlement funds.

Lethbridge has seen a substantial decline in drug poisoning deaths through the first 11 months of 2025, but it would be misleading to directly tie the drop to Alberta’s recovery model, says a ...

One Boston neighborhood saw a 149 percent increase in needles reported to the city through 311 over the last five years. The post Citywide needle pickup requests fluctuated from 2020 to 2025, but ...

Clinical trials and equitable care pathways are needed to build on early evidence of benefit Substance use disorders (SUDs) are common and burdensome for patients, families, and health systems,12 yet ...

The violence in Mexico following the killing of the head of a drug cartel illustrates again the failure of the War on Drugs.

Under state law, at least one version of liquid methadone, a drug used for the treatment of opioid use disorder, must be ...

Adolescent drug use often triggers moral panics, fear-mongering and the passage of draconian laws to “keep the kids safe” by ...

The World Health Organization has praised Iran’s SERAJ – a pioneering model for integrated mental health and social care, describing it as an “innovative and replicable global model.” ...

Illinois is considering a wide-ranging harm reduction bill that advocates believe may have traction with legislators. If ...