Tag: health care
When You Need to Go to a Hospital, and Private Prison Says You Don’t
Let’s say you’re incarcerated and have a heart condition. You’re supposed to be see ...
Handing Out Vapes in Emergency Rooms Could Save Thousands of Lives
Handing out free vapes in emergency rooms to people who smoke could save thousands ...
The Private Prisons Industry Is Changing What Constitutes “Food”
Prisoners in solitary confinement are often served something called Nutraloaf. Imagine taking all the ...
Atlantic Canada’s New Hospital Services for People Who Use Drugs
There are all kinds of reasons a person who uses drugs might need to ...
As a Prison Fills With Wheelchairs and Walkers, an Eldercare Collective Forms
From our table in the prison day room at South Central Correctional Facility in ...
Utah’s New Law to Authorize MDMA and Psilocybin Therapy
Utah is the latest state, and a notably conservative one, to authorize some form ...
Daily Methadone Clinic Dosing Creates Rural Transportation Nightmare
Heather Strong lives in a rural area of Maine, and can’t afford a car. ...
My Benzo Withdrawals Induced Delirium, I’ve Come to Understand
I’ve always enjoyed using benzodiazepines. These depressants—the best known are pharmaceutical brands like Xanax, ...
Are People Who Smoke Sick? Or Just Unaware of Better Options?
When the dangers of cigarette smoking were recognized in the 1950s and ‘60s, physicians ...
Australia Tightens the Screw Even More Against Vaping
One million additional GP appointments will be needed in Australia annually, according to the ...
