Carlyn Zwarenstein
Carlyn Zwarenstein is the author of Opium Eater: the New Confessions, a book about opioid painkillers and pain. She writes about drug policy, evidence in medicine, and social determinants of health. Carlyn is working on her second book, which looks at the concept of dependence and what people need to thrive. www.carlynzwarenstein.com @CarlynZwaren
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Portugal’s Wildly Successful Decriminalization Experiment
By decriminalizing even “hard” drugs like heroin and cocaine, Portugal drove down HIV rates and overdose deaths—and proved beyond a doubt that harm reduction works.
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Interactive: Harm Reduction Goes Global
How a once-radical idea is becoming the norm in country after country.