Tag: healthcare
We Are Nurses, Not Police. The US Methadone System Expects Otherwise.
Recent public attention to police brutality, systemic racism and oppression has brought calls for ...
“We Will Strap You Down”—A Hospital Illegally Forced Me Into a Detox Ward
It will go easier on you if you cooperate with them,” said the nursing ...
Lacking Access to Clean Needles, I Caught a Life-Threatening Blood Infection
A few months ago I caught a life-threatening blood infection from a dirty needle. ...
Canadian Drug Users Need Us Doctors to Step Up With Safe Supply
The tennis player Arthur Ashe once said that to take on a challenge, “start ...
Methadone Patients’ Data Poised to Be Entered Into PDMPs
Starting August 14, methadone patients face the very real possibility that their long-protected privacy ...
“Trail of Death”—A Short Film About COVID, Nicotine and Racism
This short documentary, concerning COVID-19, smoking, vaping and racism in America, was co-directed by ...
British Columbia’s Troubling Bid to Detain Young People Who Overdose
On June 23, the provincial government of British Columbia announced the first reading of ...
Nursing Homes Discriminate Against Opioid Use Disorder Patients at Alarming Rate
In 2018 alone, nearly four in ten people who were hospitalized in Massachusetts for ...
Navigating the Baffling Systems of Care That Failed My Son
[The following article is excerpted from two chapters of Cover My Dreams in Ink, ...
New Spike in Coronavirus Cases Could Further Worsen Overdose Crisis
As many US jurisdictions have eased pandemic restrictions, new coronavirus cases have been spiking ...
