health care

How Can We Improve COVID Vaccine Access for People Who Use Drugs?

Millions of Americans are happy to finally be venturing out of their quarantine cocoons, emboldened by newly minted COVID-19 vaccine…

July 15, 2021

New Jersey Spent $11 Billion in 10 Years on Failing to Eradicate Drugs

From 2010-2019, the state of New Jersey spent more than $11 billion fighting the drug war—and overdose deaths only increased.…

June 17, 2021

“This Lid Is Not Right!”—Arbitrarily Losing My Methadone Take-Homes

“Wake up!" my wife screamed for the thousandth time, her normally calm speaking voice edging into anger. The rubber band…

June 1, 2021

What the Incredible Achievements of ACT UP Can Teach Activists Today

For her 700-plus page magnum opus on the history of ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) New York, Sarah…

May 19, 2021

The Methadone Manifesto: A Powerful Blow Against the Clinic System

The Methadone Manifesto is a brilliant, badass, long-overdue gut punch to the antiquated US methadone clinic system. Written by members…

May 12, 2021

Biden’s American Jobs Plan Leaves Out Key Health Care Promises

President Joe Biden has introduced a $2 trillion plan to invest and rebuild crumbling US infrastructure during a period of…

May 3, 2021