The COVID-19 pandemic and record overdose tolls have continued to pressure the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)…
For most of his time in Georgia Department of Corrections custody, Charlie was assigned to the horticulture crew. Over those…
Since 2012, medications designed to protect people from contracting HIV have been hard at work. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), as they're…
After years of attempting to privatize prisoner medical care, the Georgia Department of Corrections has at finally done so—and chosen…
This summer, a young woman was revived by paramedics after an overdose at her home in Upstate New York. She…
In September, the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) released its updated Standards of Care, the gold-standard guidelines for…
A strong majority of Oregonians continue to support Measure 110, the state's historic drug decriminalization initiative that voters approved almost…
The monkeypox epidemic isn’t going anywhere, especially for street-based sex workers. NPR reports that cases of infection have slowed down…
When I first went through treatment for an alcohol problem back in the 1990s, I was shocked to find out…
Drugs are not good or bad. They are simply morally neutral tools which can help or hurt, depending on context.…