COVID-19 Social Restrictions: An Opportunity to Re-visit the Concept of Harm Reduction in the Treatment of Alcohol Dependence. A Position Paper.  Kouimtsidis C, Pauly B, Parkes T, Stockwell T, Baldacchino AM.  Front Psychiatry. 2021 Feb…

Ingenuity and resiliency of syringe service programs on the front lines of the opioid overdose and COVID-19 crises.  Wenger LD, Kral AH, Bluthenthal RN, Morris T, Ongais L, Lambdin BH.  Transl Res. 2021 Mar 18:S1931-5244(21)00074-8. doi…

Kanada. British Columbia. Safe drug supply program still not reaching enough people in B.C., say advocates The province says 3,329 people are now receiving hydromorphone as a safer alternative to toxic street drugs. (CBC, Kanada, 26.03.2021) https…

USA. Harm Reduction Services to Get $30 Million in First-Ever Federal Funding The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan signed into law last week contained a series of provisions that have excited Democrats and progressives. (…)  Buried beneath…

USA. Covid-19’s big public health lesson: Ask people to be careful, not perfect Harm reduction works. Covid-19 has proved it. (VOX, USA, 15.03.2021) https://www.vox.com/22315478/covid-19-coronavirus-harm-reduction-abstinence

‘They already operated like it was a crisis, because it always has been a crisis’: a qualitative exploration of the response of one homeless service in Scotland to the COVID-19 pandemic. Parkes, T., Carver, H., Masterton, W. et al.  Harm Redu…