Director’s Desk | Kaia Sand launches ‘Better not Backward’ column series exploring next steps two years into Measure 110 with a visit to the Overdose Prevention Society Our conversation began in the dark. Trey Helten had warned me before I walked the mile ...
15 Nov 2023 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | Despite the fear and backlash, let’s fight for the lives of people using drugs Overdose prevention centers reduce “overdose and unwanted public use” while connecting people “with addiction services and social supports including voluntary treatme ...
25 Oct 2023 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | Deaths due to fentanyl use are rising. We can, and should, use harm reduction techniques to mitigate risks. Vendor program director DeVon Pouncey and I walked through Old Town nearly every week for the past six years, but these walks changed the ...
19 Jul 2023 - Kaia Sand