Tag: methadone
SAMHSA’s Guide for MOUD in State Prisons Kinda Forgot About Something
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has released new guidance for ...
Safe Supply Mirrors Methadone Outcomes, With Better Retention
Safe supply improved most health outcomes for people who use opioids as effectively as ...
A Methadone Pioneer Who Freed People From the Cruel Clinic System
Dr. Edwin Salsitz is a methadone OG. He was one of a coterie of ...
People Who Use Drugs Among Victims of Trump’s Assault on USAID
On January 30, employees at TB HIV Care received a letter informing them that ...
Tapering Off Methadone Without a Clinic, in Just Two Years and 13 Rehabs
Since early 2023, I’ve been surfing my way across what feels like every New ...
To Get Methadone in Jail, I Had to Hide It in My Prosthetic Leg
The first time I went to jail, I was using heroin as well as ...
My Old Doctor Gave Me Methadone. Being Forced Into a Clinic Ruined It.
I lost my leg in a car accident when I was 15. A little ...
“Horrible”—Harm Reduction Legend Discusses the Methadone System
I first heard Edith Springer speak at the 2004 Harm Reduction Coalition conference in ...
Arrests at North Carolina Methadone Clinic Raise Ethical, Legal Alarms
On a pleasant summer’s morning in North Carolina, a law enforcement officer was searching ...
NY County Sued for Illegally Denying Person OUD Meds in Jail
A lawsuit accuses a New York county jail of repeatedly denying a man held ...
