healthcare

San Francisco Cannabis Shops Can Stay Open Amid COVID-19 Lockdown

As people across the US see their lives disrupted by the pandemic, many can at least still get their medical…

March 19, 2020

In the UK, Are We Rationing Who We Care About Amid COVID-19?

Viruses are great levelers. So it is with COVID-19, which has no regard for social status or affluence. We are…

March 18, 2020

Why Midwestern Farmers Are Facing a Suicide Crisis

Farm workers are increasingly dying of suicide, according to new research. Farmers are suffering the combined burdens of falling commodity…

March 17, 2020

The Incarcerated Population Is Especially Vulnerable to Coronavirus

People held in jails and prisons throughout the US are at heightened risk of contracting COVID-19, thanks to crowded conditions,…

March 12, 2020

NY Governor’s Office Points to Stimulant Addiction Meds as Deaths Rise

In response to increasing numbers of cocaine- and methamphetamine-related deaths in New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo's administration has issued guidance…

March 3, 2020

Why Are Nurses Denied Effective Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder?

One of the greatest hypocrisies in medicine is the restriction of standard-of-care medications for health professionals with opioid use disorder.…

March 3, 2020

The Fight to Let Kids Get Medical Marijuana in Schools Comes to Maryland

Many parents feel joy and relief upon finally giving their child medical marijuana to treat debilitating seizures and other conditions.…

February 26, 2020

After a $145 Million Opioid Kickback Settlement, Can We Trust Our Doctors?

By the time of their September 2015 meeting, they knew they weren’t working on a project to merely study opioid…

January 31, 2020

Forced to Quit Methadone Because of His Adderall Prescription

Breadman came to me recently with a harrowing story. Aged 43, he lives in South Philadelphia and acquired his nickname…

January 27, 2020

Racial Disparities in Mental Healthcare Hurt My Family and Many Others

The stark reality of America’s mental health crisis never hits so hard as when it affects someone close to us.…

January 21, 2020