Alexander Lekhtman 
Almost None of NC’s Drug Treatment Grant Recipients Offer Medication
North Carolina’s latest state budget allocated millions of dollars to organizations that will facilitate ...
Only a Fraction of Medicare Recipients With Opioid Use Disorder Are Receiving Medication
Each year, hundreds of thousands of Medicare recipients with opioid use disorder (OUD) are ...
How Decriminalization Impacts Racial Disparities in Cannabis Arrests
Cannabis decriminalization has modestly reduced the disproportionate possession arrests of Black adults compared to ...
FDA Approves First Long-Lasting HIV PrEP Medication—But There’s a Catch
The FDA has approved the first injectable medication to protect against HIV transmission. Apretude ...
Oregon County Debates Temporary Sites for Unhoused People as Winter Sets In
Elected officials in largely rural Deschutes County, Oregon, and its largest city of Bend, ...
Canada Allows Three Mental Health Patients to Access Psilocybin Therapy
Canada’s top health agency has agreed to allow an additional three people to use ...
Which Towns and Cities in New York Will Ban Cannabis Sales?
Local governments in New York State are debating whether or not to ban recreational ...
No Prison for Fentanyl Seller, Rules BC Judge: What Impact Might This Have?
A judge in Canada made a rare decision: She chose not to send a ...
Charleston’s Syringe Program Can Stay Open Despite Harsh WV Law
The only syringe service program (SSP) in Charleston, the capital of West Virginia, is ...
Nova Scotia to Open Sydney’s First SCS, Fund Existing Halifax Site
Sydney, Nova Scotia, will soon open its first authorized safe consumption site (SCS). The ...
