In 2012, right before prescription drug-monitoring programs (PDMP) shut everything down, I was seeing 11 doctors every month—the same 11…
Dr. Edwin Salsitz is a methadone OG. He was one of a coterie of New York City doctors who pioneered…
Walgreens, the nation’s second-largest pharmacy chain, will pay $300 million plus 4 percent interest to settle Department of Justice allegations…
Rehab can serve a lot of purposes other than abstinence. For some people the goal is a tolerance break, or…
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,…