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Stimulant Activists to UN: Fund Agonist Research to End AIDS by 2030

In the final decade before the United Nations' 2030 deadline to "end AIDS," a sprawling coalition of activists from Africa,…

February 11, 2021

Telehealth Services Are Expanding OUD Medication Access—For Some

Amid the pandemic, regulatory changes around buprenorphine access are making it easier for some people with opioid use disorder (OUD)…

February 9, 2021

When My Suboxone Doctor Quit on Me, It Left a Frightening Void

Early in 2020, shortly before pandemic entered the everyday lexicon and face masks became de rigueur, I went to my…

February 2, 2021

Biden Is Opposing a Promising Step Toward Buprenorphine Deregulation

In the final week of former President Trump’s term, the US Department of Health and Human services (HHS) announced a…

January 27, 2021

Coalition Demands Extra $15 Billion in Harm Reduction Funding From Biden Admin

A coalition of over 60 harm reduction organizations is calling for the Biden administration to increase federal funding to harm…

January 20, 2021

Pharmacists May Be Key to Expanding Bupe Access, NIDA Pilot Shows

Collaboration between physicians and pharmacists may boost patients’ satisfaction with, and adherence to, buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD),…

January 13, 2021

What Surging Fentanyl Use Among OAT Patients Says About the Pandemic

During the height of the COVID-19 lockdown in Ontario, Canada, the proportion of mandatory, routine drug screens imposed on opioid…

January 5, 2021

Two Roadmaps Show How New York Can Decriminalize Harm Reduction in 2021

Just a month following historic drug policy wins at the ballot box in November, leading public health and criminal justice…

December 22, 2020

States Squander Opportunity of Billions of Dollars in Federal Treatment Grants

The overdose crisis is claiming a historic number of lives almost every year in the US, while addiction medications remain…

December 15, 2020

Where the Biden Administration Will Stand on Drugs and Harm Reduction

President-elect Joe Biden was a primary architect of the War on Drugs, with a “tough on crime” legacy from the…

November 10, 2020