Here's how states have made it easier for bystanders to administer naloxone to overdose victims.
Could the program have driven some West Virginians to use heroin?
The Indiana HIV outbreak highlights the need for science-based drug policy.
Police participation in harm-reduction measures that protect public health and serve communities is a growing good news story. It can also play a part in repairing a battered reputation.
Matt Bowden (sometimes known as Starboy, an "interdimensional traveler") helped create one of the most viral outbreaks of new drugs in history. He might also have the antidote.
An early look at a Pacific Standard story that's currently only available to print and digital magazine subscribers.
At least, that has been the experience in Great Britain, according to a new analysis.
With the advent of marijuana legalization, alternatives to incarceration, harm reduction as treatment, and other rational approaches to addiction, 2014 could be an unprecedented turning point.
Despite evidence that needle exchange programs for drug users slow the spread of AIDS, the new U.S. government spending bill once again defunds such programs.
A researcher who compared the Netherlands' marijuana use with that of other European countries and the U.S. finds the Dutch regime of tolerated small sales of cannabis does not lead to a drug free-for-all.
Pretty much everyone agrees the war on drugs is a failure. So why don’t we try a different approach?
When the United States starts talking about illicit drugs, why does the word "war" always makes its way into the conversation?
Washington remains optimistic about the war on drugs based on dips in the importation of cocaine. But even the “good news” derived from comparisons with Europe is distressing.
U.S. drug laws should be loosened, argues Michael Scott Moore, but Holland — where soft drugs are not legal but are tolerated — is probably not the right model.
Drug courts can help ease the U.S. prison population and usher America into the civilized world when it comes to prosecuting drug-use offenses.
Portugal’s example suggests that de-escalating the war on drugs might create a new sort of peace dividend.
Former Mexican President Vicente Fox may be a conservative, but certainly not one recognizable in El Norte.
A cross-national comparison of alcohol and marijuana use among adolescents indicates that stricter laws may prevent high school kids from drinking, but not from smoking pot.
The verdict is in: Center for Court Innovation honored with national nonprofit award.