Tag: MAT
Judge Orders County to Offer OUD Meds to All Jailed Patients, in US First
A New York district judge has ordered upstate Jefferson County to offer medication for ...
The Methadone Clinic System Needs Abolition, Not a Tepid Reform Bill
Peter Vanderkloot’s groundbreaking article—Methadone: Medicine, Harm Reduction or Social Control—hit me hard. As a ...
The Ways We “Monsterize” Drug Use, Pain and People
[This article is an adapted excerpt from On Opium: Pain, Pleasure, and Other Matters ...
We Must Address the Overdose Crisis With the Same Focus as COVID-19
The United States is simultaneously experiencing two devastating public health crises—the COVID-19 pandemic and ...
The Methadone Manifesto: A Powerful Blow Against the Clinic System
The Methadone Manifesto is a brilliant, badass, long-overdue gut punch to the antiquated US ...
Mary Jeanne Kreek: A Methadone Pioneer Who Cared Deeply About Patients
I will never forget the first time I got to speak to Dr. ...
Illinois Methadone Patients Could Be First to Have Privacy Rolled Back After SAMHSA Rule-Change
An Illinois Senator appears to be the first state lawmaker to push for a ...
In Upstate New York, a Jail Keeps Blocking Access to Lifesaving OUD Meds
[This story is published in partnership with New York Focus, an independent, investigative news ...
Extending Telehealth Bupe Past the Pandemic Wouldn’t Require Congress
Before our telehealth appointment ended one day last summer, my buprenorphine doctor asked me ...
As People Who Use Drugs, We Urge Biden to End the Buprenorphine X-Waiver
In late January, the Biden Administration walked back one of the biggest steps toward ...
