Tag: health care
UK Will Send a Powerful Message by Allowing NHS to Prescribe Vapes
The UK has long been among the world’s leaders in tobacco harm reduction, and ...
Michigan Capital’s Only Syringe Program Is Running Out of Supplies
The only syringe service program (SSP) in Ingham County, Michigan, based in the state ...
Health Care Workers Need to Be Watching the Splintering Drug Supply
In the summer of 2016, the synthetic cannabinoid “K2” burst into the drug landscape ...
Warn That Alcohol Causes Cancer? Add That Drinkers Live Longer.
“There is no safe level of alcohol,” WHO Europe headlined in 2018. “Zero alcohol ...
Feds, CA Governor Could Back Medical Marijuana Access for Terminally Ill Hospital Patients
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the governor of California’s ...
“Alarmingly High” Number of US Doctors Think Nicotine Causes Cancer
More than 75 percent of US physicians wrongly believe that nicotine directly contributes to ...
Texas State-Run HIV Meds Program Survives Funding Crisis, But Uncertainty Remains
After months of keeping participants in the dark, a Texas state-run program that covers the ...
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, ...
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 ...
“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 ...
