Be bold. Be brave.: Lessons from a visit to the Resistance Museum
The catalog of harm keeps growing, with new pages added every day. But we are not afraid.
Jack's Latest Articles
How the poor die
The story of the overdose crisis is also a story about health care and what happens when people have limited or no access to it.
A different justice: The HALT Fentanyl Act traffics in fear, not fact
‘We know that prohibition itself is what's causing the [overdose] crisis.’
Political choices, political crimes: Harm reduction faces pushback around the world
Machteld Busz said the ‘tough on crime’ narrative works on voters in the Netherlands, too, despite the country’s long embrace of harm reduction practices.
We have to find each other: Surviving and resisting fascism through communal narratives
Garth Mullins' new memoir, ‘Crackdown: Surviving and Resisting the War on Drugs,’ avoids the toxic self-made-man myth and embraces the power of community. There are strong lessons in it for this social and political moment.
The human cost of cynicism
Nothing is more cynical than using the passing of people who have died from an overdose as an excuse to launch trade wars while at the same time gutting agencies that support people who use drugs or who are addicted.
Uncertainty around federal funds may hamper efforts to reduce overdose deaths
U.S. has seen a significant drop in overdoses in recent years – but advocates say that could change if feds reduce financial support.
Overdose deaths are falling nationwide. Why?
Provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Vital Statistics System indicated a nearly 24 percent decline in drug overdose deaths in the United States for the 12 months ending in September 2024, compared to the previous year.
Life outside of Rat Park
Overcoming addiction is not always just about finding a community, but the environment certainly can play a crucial role.
What a drug war leaves behind
Headed by the Trump administration, a reinvigorated drug war will certainly lead to more people in prisons, more militarized law enforcement in the U.S., and more military interventions abroad, but it could also hobble the local work of harm reduction.