Tag: healthcare
Study: Prior Authorization Requirement for Addiction Meds Is Killing NY Drug Users
Harm reduction activists in New York state are demanding increased access to lifesaving opioid ...
Skid Row Project Highlights Toilets as Harm Reduction and a Human Right
In June 2017, Homeless Healthcare Los Angeles (HHCLA), a nonprofit community organization, found that ...
Meth Has Many Medical Benefits. Stigma Holds Them Back.
Ask your doctor about methamphetamine. It’s not a phrase you’ll ever hear on TV ...
A Determined Group of Newark Residents Fights for Clean Drinking Water
On the streets of Newark, New Jersey, a fledgling group of community activists has ...
Grappling With the “Promise and Perils” of Public Health
Speakers on a November 7 panel at the Drug Policy Alliance’s Reform conference in ...
What Kentucky, Mississippi Gubernatorial Results May Mean for Medicaid
Citizens in Kentucky and Mississippi voted in their gubernatorial elections November 5, in two ...
Why the Curious Story of William S. Burroughs’ Heroin “Cure” Still Matters
At the time I took the apomorphine cure I had no claims to call ...
Even Insured Black Gay Men Still Aren’t Getting Equal Access to PrEP
There’s a pill that can prevent new HIV infections—but, among queer men, it still ...
The Empowering and Dangerous Work of Harm Reduction in Afghanistan
Idris Azizi speaks softly when he relates how, as a person living with HIV, ...
The Quest to Pass Medical Cannabis in “Prohibition Island” Idaho
“Idaho is what we call a prohibition island,” said Russ Belville. The state borders ...
