Tag: health care

    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 ...

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    Kyle Jaeger

    “Alarmingly High” Number of US Doctors Think Nicotine Causes Cancer

    More than 75 percent of US physicians wrongly believe that nicotine directly contributes to ...

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    Kevin Garcia

    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 ...

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    Umme Hoque

    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, ...

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    Annie Kleykamp

    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 ...

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    Alexander Lekhtman

    “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 ...

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    Nick Voyles

    What the Incredible Achievements of ACT UP Can Teach Activists Today

    For her 700-plus page magnum opus on the history of ACT UP (AIDS Coalition ...

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    Maia Szalavitz

    The Methadone Manifesto: A Powerful Blow Against the Clinic System

    The Methadone Manifesto is a brilliant, badass, long-overdue gut punch to the antiquated US ...

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    Helen Redmond

    Biden’s American Jobs Plan Leaves Out Key Health Care Promises

    President Joe Biden has introduced a $2 trillion plan to invest and rebuild crumbling ...

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    Umme Hoque