A specialized hospital in Toronto opened the doors to a new supervised consumption site for its patients on April 4.…
Five years ago, I called the hotline for adult psychological services at a major university hospital’s psychiatry department. After completing…
In some hospitals in the United States, doctors will send people home with prescriptions for opioid use disorder medications like…
Washington State activists have filed a proposed ballot initiative that would remove criminal penalties for simple drug possession and direct…
The US Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and the Treasury released a report on January 25 that suggests…
On December 29, 2021, California became the first state to receive federal approval to cover the contingency management approach to drug…
A small safe supply program in Hamilton, Ontario, is expanding. It has no funding, a capacity limited to a few…
Each year, hundreds of thousands of Medicare recipients with opioid use disorder (OUD) are eligible for safe, effective medication but…
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation that removed prior authorization for people on Medicaid to access medication for opioid…
The FDA has approved the first injectable medication to protect against HIV transmission. Apretude is injected every other month, setting…