EditorialBrian Mahn’s dosing cup, syringe and bottle of the drug Xyrem on a nightstand next to his Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) machine at his home in Cypress, Texas, on Feb. 23, 2023. (Michael Stravato/The New York Times)
EditorialDesiree Lafreniere, who has the names of friends who died from fentanyl overdoses tattooed on her arm, relies on medication and Project Weber’s syringe exchange. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
EditorialA syringe with a needle on the ground in the Bronx borough of New York, where overdose deaths are high, June 30, 2022. (Desiree Rios/The New York Times)
EditorialA nurse at the Crosstown Clinic, a supervised injection site in Vancouver, British Columbia, hands out a syringe of medical-grade heroin to a patient, May 6, 2022. (Jackie Dives/The New York Times)