Tag: MAT
Protests as Cuomo Blocks Addiction Meds Access for Poor New Yorkers
Late on January 1, Governor Andrew Cuomo issued a last-minute veto on a bill ...
“Methadone” for Meth Is on the Horizon
The robust public health response to opioid use disorders in the United States is, ...
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 ...
How to Be a Better Employer for People With Addiction or Mental Illness
It can be daunting to try to hold down a job while struggling with ...
Activists, Cuomo in “Full-Out War” Over Poor People’s MAT Access
Drug-user activists are fighting to ensure access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for some of ...
Filter Is Taking the “Free Methadone” Message to a Recovery Crowd
Liquid Handcuffs: A Documentary to Free Methadone is a feature documentary, created by Filter Senior ...
Witnessed Urine Screens in Drug Treatment: Humiliating and Harmful
My heart drummed in time to my racing thoughts, which repeated an increasingly urgent ...
The White Van Prescribing Buprenorphine Outside a Baltimore Jail
In 2017 the Behavioral Health Leadership Institute (BHLI), a Baltimore nonprofit, rented a truck. ...
SAMHSA Stifles Public Comment on Expanding Cops’ Powers Over MAT Patients
Technical problems. That’s the reason the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) ...
ACLU Sues Bureau of Prisons for Denying a Federal Prisoner Buprenorphine
In a key moment for the rights of incarcerated people with substance use disorders, ...
