When I walk into my local pharmacy to pick up a naloxone kit, I don’t need to present a prescription.…
Tamera Lynn Stewart had been taking prescribed opioids for 12 years to treat her chronic pain, following some cancer-related surgeries.…
On April 22, high-ranking Democratic legislators introduced a bicameral bill that would create the country’s first federal vaping tax. Senate…
Over 1,200 West Virginians died of overdose in 2020, new data show—a 45 percent increase from 2019. This coincides with…
As Washington State’s legislative session drew to a close this weekend, lawmakers approved a bill that for the next two…
What is considered a “normal” punishment is culture—it’s where you live. In 18 states, overwhelmingly in the South, a teacher…
Created in the spring of 2020, the New York City Methadone Delivery System (MDS) was the first program of its…
A new study published in The Lancet, one of the world’s oldest and most highly regarded peer-reviewed medical journals, suggests…
Tanesia DeMacon is no stranger to jail. She estimates she was arrested no fewer than 15 times, starting at the…
A bill filed in the North Carolina state Senate may threaten the existence of syringe service programs (SSP) statewide. Titled…