Tag: health care
As a Methadone Patient, I Demand No Return to the Pre-COVID Status Quo
COVID-19 made us rethink how and why we were doing all kinds of things ...
More Doctors Recommending Vapes—Due in Part to Patients’ Prompting
A study published April 15 in JAMA Network Open found that more and more ...
Toronto’s New Hospital-Based Safe Consumption Site Is a First for Ontario
A specialized hospital in Toronto opened the doors to a new supervised consumption site ...
How My Drinking Was Used to Deny Me Treatment for Depression
Five years ago, I called the hotline for adult psychological services at a major ...
San Francisco Hospital Program Offers Harm Reduction to Patients
In some hospitals in the United States, doctors will send people home with prescriptions ...
Proposed Drug-Decrim Ballot Initiative All Set in Washington State
Washington State activists have filed a proposed ballot initiative that would remove criminal penalties ...
Insurers Illegally Denying Mental Health, Substance Use Disorder Benefits
The US Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and the Treasury released a ...
California to Offer Contingency Management for Stimulant Use on Medicaid
On December 29, 2021, California became the first state to receive federal approval to cover ...
In Hamilton, Ontario, a Safe Supply Program Inches Forward
A small safe supply program in Hamilton, Ontario, is expanding. It has no funding, ...
Only a Fraction of Medicare Recipients With Opioid Use Disorder Are Receiving Medication
Each year, hundreds of thousands of Medicare recipients with opioid use disorder (OUD) are ...
