opioids

Only a Fraction of Medicare Recipients With Opioid Use Disorder Are Receiving Medication

Each year, hundreds of thousands of Medicare recipients with opioid use disorder (OUD) are eligible for safe, effective medication but…

December 30, 2021

Learning the Blues: West Coast Grapples With Shifting Drug Supply

“Forever, the prevalence of what kinds of drugs people did was completely boring,” Alex Kral, an epidemiologist from the nonprofit…

December 16, 2021

SAMHSA Weighs Permanent Methadone Take-Homes, Decades Too Late

In March 2020, to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infections among patients and staff, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health…

December 15, 2021

A Court Rejected the Disease Theory of Opioid Addiction. Will We Listen?

The idea that opioid painkillers are inevitably addictive was put on trial and refuted. But this modern disease theory seemingly…

November 22, 2021

Responding to the 2022 Global Drug Survey Will Help Other Drug Users

The world's largest drug survey wants to know how you get high and why. You can fill out the Global Drug…

November 19, 2021

Veterans Data Show Surge in Stimulant-Involved Deaths

United States military veterans are increasingly vulnerable to stimulant-involved deaths, according to new research. Many of the deaths were attributed…

November 10, 2021

Rx Drug Take Back Days Are Unhelpful at Best, Harmful at Worst

The Drug Enforcement Administration really, really wants you to give them your leftover prescription drugs. All week long, in the…

October 22, 2021

“Never Use Alone”: Free 24-Hour Hotline Expands Across New England

The Never Use Alone Massachusetts hotline has become Never Use Alone New England, consolidating the free service for people using…

October 20, 2021

Nan Goldin Isn’t Focused on the Sacklers Anymore

On March 10, 2018, photographer and activist Nan Goldin led dozens of protestors to the Sackler Wing of the Metropolitan…

October 19, 2021

How My Drug Use Has Become More Sustainable Over Time

When I first began using opioids, in 2017 when I was 18, I knew nothing of harm reduction. My high…

October 13, 2021