Seven years ago, a deeply controversial paper claimed that states introducing laws to expand naloxone led to increases in opioid-related…
In January, Scotland opened the first sanctioned overdose prevention center (OPC) in the United Kingdom. As of March 17, the…
British Columbia’s provincial government has ended its take-home safe supply program for new participants, with an intention to transition existing…
Compared to the media spotlight on urban homelessness and drug use, rural areas have received far less attention. While this…
Utah is suing two of the nation’s top pharmacy benefit managers (PBM), the companies that shape prescription drug pricing, alleging…
The Department of Justice is accusing CVS Pharmacy Inc. of unlawfully filling opioid prescriptions that directly led to overdose deaths,…
A Baltimore judge will soon decide the fate of a landmark opioid lawsuit. The beleaguered city hopes to obtain billions…
[This article is excerpted from the book Policing Patients. You can read Filter’s interview with the author here.] Pharmacists’…
Policing Patients: Treatment and Surveillance on the Frontlines of the Opioid Crisis is a Swiss Army knife of a book.…
Over my 21 years of using opioids I’ve often joked to myself that I don’t have a drug problem, I…