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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 130 opioid-related deaths that occur…

January 18, 2019

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 discriminates against people with SUDs in…

January 17, 2019

Dem Donor Ed Buck Accused of Exploiting Black Gay Men in “Slave Play” After Two OD Deaths at His Home

Two Black men have died at the West Hollywood home of a prominent Democratic Party donor in separate incidents in…

January 11, 2019

Tell Your Children…That Alex Berenson Is Full of It

A book published January 8 on the dangers of marijuana—ominously titled Tell Your Children: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence—by former New…

January 9, 2019

The Shady “National Police Association” Behind the Headlines

Last month the National Police Association (NPA) filed an ethics complaint against Rachael Rollins, the new district attorney for Suffolk…

January 9, 2019

How a Famous IQ Study Revealed a Key Truth About Avoiding Addiction

What makes you live longer? What makes life more satisfying? What enables people to resist addiction? These three questions have…

January 7, 2019

Judges and Lawyers Ignorant of MAT Require Urgent Education Efforts

When Jarrod* went before a Clinton County, New York judge in November 2017 to address a no-contact order violation, he…

January 7, 2019

Let’s Embrace the Christmas Miracle of Naloxone

It does one thing and one thing only. It brings people back to life. It's a miracle." Julia Negron doesn't…

December 20, 2018

Harm Reduction Incognito: Low-ABV Drinks

As "harm reduction" enters the mainstream lexicon, people hearing it for the first time may associate it with things like…

December 20, 2018

DPA’s Leader Shares Her Roots, Health Challenge and All-Drug Decrim Agenda

A formidable background in human rights advocacy and scholarship certainly qualifies Maria McFarland Sanchez-Moreno for her role as executive director…

December 20, 2018