A traditional anecdote tells of a congressman answering a constituent's inquiry about his position on alcohol. "If you mean the…
President Donald Trump signed legislation in December 2019 to amend the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act by raising the…
Whether you consider opioids to be the gold standard for treating pain or a last resort, they do the job…
Researchers in Illinois are developing a novel device to rapidly and automatically administer the opioid overdose antidote naloxone. Smaller than…
The World Health Organization (WHO) published an astonishingly bad Q&A on electronic cigarettes on January 20, full of lies of…
Breadman came to me recently with a harrowing story. Aged 43, he lives in South Philadelphia and acquired his nickname…
In West Virginia, which has the highest rate of opioid-involved overdose deaths in the US, injecting drugs with shared needles…
Congressmembers are pushing for new laws that will impose harsher penalties for potent synthetic opioids like fentanyl, which are involved…
A row of seats at the front of Baltimore City Council's chambers was reserved for harm reductionists on January 13.…
The term—and concept of—“addiction” is regularly frowned upon or even attacked by people in our field. But it won’t disappear,…