Tag: opioids
Judge Rejects Baltimore’s $5.2 Billion Lawsuit Request to Address OD Crisis
A judge has rejected Baltimore’s request for $5.2 billion in abatement money in a ...
The Golden Age of Doctor-Shopping
In 2012, right before prescription drug-monitoring programs (PDMP) shut everything down, I was seeing ...
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 ...
Walgreens Settles DOJ Prescription Opioid Lawsuit, Likely at $350 Million
Walgreens, the nation’s second-largest pharmacy chain, will pay $300 million plus 4 percent interest ...
All the “Opioid Alternatives” Are at Least Making Rehab More Bearable
Rehab can serve a lot of purposes other than abstinence. For some people the ...
Replication Study Refutes Naloxone “Moral Hazard” Paper
Seven years ago, a deeply controversial paper claimed that states introducing laws to expand ...
Scotland’s Overdose Prevention Center Up and Running: Will There Be More?
In January, Scotland opened the first sanctioned overdose prevention center (OPC) in the United ...
BC Government’s Crackdown on Safe Supply Spreads Fear
British Columbia’s provincial government has ended its take-home safe supply program for new participants, ...
In Rural Areas, People Who Use Drugs Face Particularly Severe Housing Crisis
Compared to the media spotlight on urban homelessness and drug use, rural areas have ...
Utah Sues Pharmacy Benefit Managers for “Central Role” in Opioid OD Crisis
Utah is suing two of the nation’s top pharmacy benefit managers (PBM), the companies ...
