Tag: COVID-19
SAMHSA’s Methadone Reforms Toothless Until We End Clinics’ Power
The COVID-19 pandemic and record overdose tolls have continued to pressure the Substance Abuse ...
Buprenorphine Access: Telehealth Revolution Faces Uncertain Future
This summer, a young woman was revived by paramedics after an overdose at her ...
Methadone, the Early Pandemic and the Terror of a Poppyseed Positive
I was going to the methadone clinic weekly when the pandemic began. That was ...
A Pandemic of Anxiety in Prison
For several months, the country’s COVID cases have been in a relative downtrend. In ...
Out Early From a 15-Year Carfentanil Sentence, Her Next Fight Begins
Wendy Kraus-Heitmann has had a hard life, but one that someone could write a ...
Dire Harm Reduction Funding Gap for Lower-Income Countries Is Growing
Last year, Harm Reduction International (HRI) released a report that found funding for harm ...
As a Methadone Patient, I Demand No Return to the Pre-COVID Status Quo
COVID-19 made us rethink how and why we were doing all kinds of things ...
Alcohol-Related Deaths Have Surged During the Pandemic
A new study by researchers with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) reveals that ...
How Halifax’s Safe Supply Hotels Brought Hope in the Early Pandemic
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, in April 2020, there was a confirmed case at ...
Rikers Strike Against Horrendous Conditions Draws Political Support
Elected officials are rallying outside of the Rikers Island Detention Complex on January 13 ...
