Public education campaigns about drugs often rely on ineffective and stigmatizing scare tactics. They spread fear and shame that make…
In 2017, overdoses in urban areas occurred more frequently than those in rural places, according to a new Center for…
For the first time since the 1990s, fatal drug overdoses decreased in 2018, according to preliminary Center for Disease Control…
Viewed from the United States, Canada’s comparatively liberal social mores and universal healthcare would seem to set the stage for…
Communities most impacted by the overdose crisis are more likely to back groundbreaking interventions like safe consumption sites (SCS) in…
Three widely distributed stories from the past couple of months illustrate the profound ways in which the media perpetuates harmful…
Don’t sit on your day job,” Daan van der Gouwe advised people who operate drug checking services. By which he…
President Donald Trump's contradictory messages about his response to the opioid-involved overdose crisis were on full display during a self-congratulatory…
On April 16, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) launched its latest punishment-driven, treatment-inflected response to the opioid-involved overdose crisis in…
On March 27, the Centers for Disease Control, in collaboration with the Fredericksburg, Virginia Police and Fire Departments, released this video (above)…