Tag: health care
SAMHSA’s Methadone Reforms Toothless Until We End Clinics’ Power
The COVID-19 pandemic and record overdose tolls have continued to pressure the Substance Abuse ...
The Gardener Who Grew Our Health Care in Prison
For most of his time in Georgia Department of Corrections custody, Charlie was assigned ...
The Barriers to PrEP Uptake Among People Who Inject Drugs
Since 2012, medications designed to protect people from contracting HIV have been hard at ...
Georgia Privatizes Prison Medical Care—With Contractor’s Goal to Cut Costs
After years of attempting to privatize prisoner medical care, the Georgia Department of Corrections ...
Buprenorphine Access: Telehealth Revolution Faces Uncertain Future
This summer, a young woman was revived by paramedics after an overdose at her ...
Leading Trans Health Care Guidance Updated—and Still Stuck in the Past
In September, the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) released its updated Standards ...
Oregonians Strongly Support Their State’s Drug Decriminalization
A strong majority of Oregonians continue to support Measure 110, the state’s historic drug ...
Monkeypox Vaccine Rollout Reflects Deprioritization of Sex Workers
The monkeypox epidemic isn’t going anywhere, especially for street-based sex workers. NPR reports that ...
How 12-Step Programs Became Embedded in US Hospitals
When I first went through treatment for an alcohol problem back in the 1990s, ...
Seroquel Gave Me a Reminder That All Drugs Are Merely Tools
Drugs are not good or bad. They are simply morally neutral tools which can ...
