Tag: MAT
Major Report Assesses the Global State of Harm Reduction
There are approximately 11.3 million people who inject drugs around the world. A new ...
“What Delivery Service?”—New Yorkers Left Risking Their Lives to Get Methadone
Every day, vulnerable New Yorkers are being forced to choose between accessing their lifesaving ...
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 ...
Suboxone Is Now a Drug of Choice for Some in Philly. That’s No Bad Thing.
John (not his real name) was a regular on the Avenue. A biracial man ...
Alcohol Harm Reduction: A World of Growing Possibilities
In her early professional life, Louise liked to unwind with wine. She loved the ...
Methadone Patients’ Data Poised to Be Entered Into PDMPs
Starting August 14, methadone patients face the very real possibility that their long-protected privacy ...
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 ...
SAMHSA Rule-Change Strips SUD Patients’ Privacy, Invites Police Intrusion
The long-awaited final rule revising 42 CFR Part 2—the confidentiality regulation applying to substance ...
“The Civil Death Penalty”—My Motherhood Is Legally Terminated
It’s afternoon on the Monday after the Fourth of July. My daughters, ages five ...
Irish Harm Reduction Response to COVID-19 Saves Unhoused Drug Users’ Lives
Unhoused drug users in Dublin, Ireland almost entirely avoided projected COVID-19 deaths as a ...
