A candidate for Washington governor criticized harm reduction, and a Tennessee sheriff spoke out against a proposed drug treatment center....
A Colorado judge overturned a city ban on the distribution of sterile syringes....
A New York representative shares concerns about carfentanil, and the DEA warns about xylazine....
The viral TikTok received a mostly positive reaction, while Reddit posts criticized workers distributing harm reduction tools in a Seattle homeless encampment....
Connecticut arrest reignites claims of fentanyl-laced marijuana....
Plus, two news stories perpetuate myths about accidental fentanyl exposure risk among police officers....
In recent trending conversations, some claim people who use drugs “don’t deserve help.”...
In recent trending conversations, some claim people who use drugs “don’t deserve help.”...
A recent Instagram post and a Reddit thread have sparked online conversation about fentanyl. On July 3, the CDC shared an image on Instagram showing the difference between a positive and negative result on a fentanyl test strip. The post received 3,269 likes as of July 11. In the...
On June 22, a post on X warned that “Narcan is less effective when put in high temperatures and exposed to sunlight,” and encouraged readers to keep their Narcan “somewhere cool and shady.” The post received 45,000 views; 1,800 likes; and 1000 shares as of June 27. In...
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