A six-year effort to decriminalize syringe possession for drug use in New York is finally gaining ground. On June 7,…
“Wake up!" my wife screamed for the thousandth time, her normally calm speaking voice edging into anger. The rubber band…
A group of doctors defended themselves in a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the US Attorney’s Office for the District…
Governments wield power over the implementation of harm reduction services, but their impacts aren’t limited to their own jurisdictions. For…
Amid the growing opioid-involved overdose crisis, the Department of Health and Human Services released new guidelines that could save thousands…
Tamera Lynn Stewart had been taking prescribed opioids for 12 years to treat her chronic pain, following some cancer-related surgeries.…
Over 1,200 West Virginians died of overdose in 2020, new data show—a 45 percent increase from 2019. This coincides with…
Created in the spring of 2020, the New York City Methadone Delivery System (MDS) was the first program of its…
A rarity among academic papers, a new piece of research proposes models for legalizing opioids for non-medical use. A glut of…
Conditions in the Kensington neighborhood of North Philadelphia, where I’ve reported for years, stand as a rebuke to a litany…