Harm Reduction Pioneer Challenges Patent Attempt on Century-Old Drug Testing Methods – Cision
SSDP alum, Matthew Aragón, is a harm reduction activist who began organizing at age 15 with Students for Sensible Drug Policy. His work expanding access to drug checking tools and drug education. He has partnered with Emanuel Sferios, DanceSafe founder, who has pioneered harm reduction testing methods for nearly 30 years to form HRDS LCC, a company that develops and distributes harm reduction test kits with a commitment to open-source methodology and scientific transparency.
Cision PR reports that Aragón and Sferios are calling to “maintain open-source access to lifesaving overdose prevention technology for psychedelics, and opioids Patent application by German startup Miraculix threatens to monopolize harm reduction tools based on established scientific methods.”
