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What I Learned From My First Injection Infection

[This article contains an image of injection wounds.] I had my first injection infection in the winter of 2020. I…

May 4, 2021

Biden’s American Jobs Plan Leaves Out Key Health Care Promises

President Joe Biden has introduced a $2 trillion plan to invest and rebuild crumbling US infrastructure during a period of…

May 3, 2021

Can Tobacco Harm Reduction Work for India’s Poor?

Tobacco use is a poor person’s problem. People with low incomes consume and grow it the most and suffer the…

April 30, 2021

Buprenorphine X-Waiver Burden Eased Under New Federal Rules

Amid the growing opioid-involved overdose crisis, the Department of Health and Human Services released new guidelines that could save thousands…

April 29, 2021

FDA Announces Menthol Cigarette Ban

On April 29, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a national ban on menthol cigarettes. The agency also called…

April 29, 2021

The Price of Saving a Life: Naloxone’s Cost Barrier in the US

When I walk into my local pharmacy to pick up a naloxone kit, I don’t need to present a prescription.…

April 29, 2021

How Fear, Misinformation, Stigma Have Devastated US Pain Patients

Tamera Lynn Stewart had been taking prescribed opioids for 12 years to treat her chronic pain, following some cancer-related surgeries.…

April 28, 2021

Federal Bill Aims to Tax Vapes as Much as Cigarettes

On April 22, high-ranking Democratic legislators introduced a bicameral bill that would create the country’s first federal vaping tax. Senate…

April 27, 2021

“Devastating” West Virginia Law Could Practically End Syringe Provision

Over 1,200 West Virginians died of overdose in 2020, new data show—a 45 percent increase from 2019. This coincides with…

April 26, 2021

Future Uncertain for Washington State Drug Possession Bill

As Washington State’s legislative session drew to a close this weekend, lawmakers approved a bill that for the next two…

April 26, 2021