On AlterNet: harm reduction

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One Mother Explains How Her Sons' Addiction Brought Her to Anti-Drug-War Activism

Kristen Gwynne, AlterNet. May 13, 2012.

A leader of Moms United to End the War on Drugs offers her thoughts on Mother's Day -- and how a sane, compassionate drug policy could actually keep our kids safe.

How the War on Drugs Destroyed My Family

Joyce A. Rivera, AlterNet. May 10, 2012.

The punishments my father, brother and sister experienced--arrest, incarceration and HIV/AIDS--for misusing a controlled substance caused a lifetime of grief for my family.

Sending the Sick Into the Streets? How Drug Tests Will Lock Homeless New Yorkers With HIV/AIDS Out of Shelters

Jaron Benjamin, Mike Selick, AlterNet. April 24, 2012.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's new policy will require drug screening for homeless people living with HIV/AIDS applying for shelter.

How the Death of Whitney Houston, and Countless Others, Could Have Been Prevented

Meghan Ralston, AlterNet. February 14, 2012.

Drug poisoning is now the leading cause of injury-related death in the United States, but the government is ignoring crucial ways to change that tragic fact.

Who We Are and Why We Fight: "People Who Do Drugs, and People Who Don't, Will End the War on Drugs"

Ethan Nadelmann, AlterNet. December 14, 2011.

The foremost U.S. authority on the harm of the drug war paints a clear and brilliant picture of the path to a better future.

Mothers Protest Prohibition…Again

Gretchen Burns Bergman, AlterNet. September 30, 2011.

Millions of women opposed alcohol prohibition because it was destroying lives and endangering their children. Now, they uniting to end the war on drugs

Vision: The Idea That Drug Addicts Should Be Treated, Not Locked Up, Is Making Waves

Katie Hyslop, Megaphone Magazine. December 29, 2010.

The U.S. and Canada are making significant strides towards mainstreaming harm reduction, but there are still walls to knock down.

Fear Mongers Attack a NYC Harm Reduction Pamphlet that Saves Lives

Anthony Papa, AlterNet. January 5, 2010.

Arguments by top level city and federal law enforcement agents against harm redution pamphlet have little scientific merit.

A Smart Way to Battle Drug Addiction and Save Lives: Harm Reduction

Melinda Tuhus, In These Times. November 30, 2009.

Harm reduction is a public health approach that stresses pragmatic solutions to social ills like substance abuse.

The Relentless War on Drug Users Is Escalating Violence in the US: It's Time for Harm Reduction

Don Hazen, AlterNet. November 14, 2009.

Hundreds gather in Albuquerque to celebrate a new dawn of wider acceptance of drug reform, while still feeling a little nervous about the path ahead.

No One Deserves to Die by Overdose

Jill Harris, AlterNet. June 12, 2009.

We must learn how to reduce the harms from drug use, including reducing the unconscionable and unnecessary number of deaths from overdose.

The Sex Industry: A Call for Harm Reduction

Ren, Feministe. August 20, 2008.

I don't think the sex industry is going anywhere anytime soon, so thusly, I think that focus should be placed on the people in it.

Local D.C. Lawmakers Could Help Shelve the Morality Debate About Needle-Exchange Programs

Andrew Green, AlterNet. March 11, 2008.

Washington, D.C., is getting on board with the truth about needle exchange. Will the rest of the country follow?