Tag: health care
Vapes Can Free Up Vast Health Care Resources, Economist Explains
Tobacco harm reduction directly saves lives. But by reducing smoking-related diseases, it also has ...
How Wound Care Works in Prison, Without Doctors or Running Water
Most wound-care guidance in the United States is premised on access to potable water. ...
Watch: Former Methadone Clinic Director Slams Culture of Cruelty
One of the most intriguing emails I have ever received hit my inbox in ...
Stigma and Misinformation Maintain the Devastating Toll of Lung Cancer
August 1 is World Lung Cancer Day. Although this is the 12th iteration of ...
Did ASAM Fight to Limit Federal Methadone Reform Bill?
The American Society for Addiction Medicine (ASAM) successfully fought to prevent expansion of methadone ...
“Can You Pee for Me?” A Childhood Under the Methadone Clinic System
“Hey buddy, wake up.” My father gently gripped my shoulders and shook me back ...
How to End Stigma in Hospitals Against People Who Use Drugs?
In 2020, Ronald Richardson and his friends who used drugs in Philadelphia began noticing ...
Our Prison Is Used to Mental Illness. Taking Care of Our Own Was New.
In 20 years of incarceration across four different Washington State Department of Corrections (WDOC) ...
Prisoners Near Release Face a Choice: Not Getting Meds, or Not Going Home
[Read Part 1 of this story here] When prisoners with release dates enter the ...
Approaching COVID Vaccine Hesitancy in People Who Use Drugs
One of the many harms of the stigma society inflicts on marginalized people who ...
