Harm Reduction in the Land of 10,000 Rehabs
Addiction counselor Stephanie Devich points to a Christmas tree glimmering with purple and silver ...
What’s Taking So Long for Naloxone to Be Made Available Over the Counter?
Naloxone can reverse an opioid overdose within minutes. Prompt access would prevent many of ...
The Reassuringly Normal Recovery of Lindsay Lohan
Remember when Lohan was portrayed as the incorrigible bad-girl alcoholic who would never change—i.e., ...
Cuomo Wants to Treat Vaping like Tobacco
On January 12, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a plan to raise the ...
Fifteen Examples of Discrimination Against People With Substance Use Disorders
In light of the imminent threats to the confidentiality of substance use disorder patients, ...
Confidentiality for Patients With Substance Use Disorders Is Under Threat
When patients seek treatment for substance use disorders (SUDs)—in a society that stigmatizes and ...
Inside Brooklyn’s First Medical Cannabis Dispensary
I‘m greeted by an employee sporting a crisp button-down and a dotted blue bow ...
Call to Develop Meth Addiction Meds Mustn’t Obscure Woeful Lack of Access to Existing Tools
Meth’s Resurgence Spotlights Lack of Meds to Combat the Addiction,” reads the headline of ...
If Staten Island Has a Drug Problem, DA McMahon Is Its Enabler
New York City’s “Forgotten Borough” may be an island just five miles south of ...
Chemsex First Aid Is Part of Queer Men’s Long History of Activism
Chemsex—or the use of GHB, methamphetamine or mephedrone in sexual settings in the queer ...
