health care

Our Film Tour Is Exposing Methadone Clinics’ Cruelty

Swallow THIS: A Documentary About Methadone and COVID-19 is currently on tour nationwide. Marilena Marchetti and I made the film…

April 14, 2023

Methadone Clinics Angry at Bad PR, But Not Afraid of SAMHSA

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) wants to revise outdated guidelines for methadone clinics. The agency issued…

April 4, 2023

Abortion, Drug, Medicaid Policies at Stake in WI Supreme Court Election

On April 4, Wisconsin voters will elect their next Supreme Court justice. Liberal-leaning Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz faces conservative…

March 31, 2023

Ten Key Recommendations to Expand Hepatitis C Care in Prisons

All around the world, people in prisons are at high risk for contracting the hepatitis C virus (HCV). But for…

March 22, 2023

BC Indigenous Drug Users Describe Pattern of Forced Discharges From ED

In 2011, public health researchers in Vancouver began conducting interviews with people who use drugs and had either been discharged…

March 15, 2023

Amid Rising Crisis, Georgia Denies Medicaid Expansion to HIV Patients

A Georgia bill to expand Medicaid coverage to people living with HIV did not pass out of the House, another…

March 8, 2023

They Call Me a Drug Seeker. Here’s What Their Opioid Policies Did to Me.

My life changed in a matter of seconds, when in 2010 I sustained a serious spinal injury in a tree-cutting…

February 27, 2023

FL Students Prepare Mass Protest as Schools Hand Over Trans Health Data

On February 23, a student-led walkout will mark the largest protest to date of Florida universities sharing data on trans…

February 22, 2023

New Mexico’s Effort to Authorize Safe Consumption Sites

New Mexico lawmakers are working to pass a bill to open safe consumption sites (SCS, also known as overdose prevention…

February 22, 2023

The Spravato Diaries: My Ketamine-ish Depression Treatment

In the fall of 2020, COVID lockdown-induced depression triggered my incarceration-related PTSD and related suicidal ideation. So I looked into…

February 17, 2023