There's nothing greater than living," says Ellis (above), who takes methadone. "We all want to live." Evidence shows that methadone…
President Donald Trump's contradictory messages about his response to the opioid-involved overdose crisis were on full display during a self-congratulatory…
On April 16, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) launched its latest punishment-driven, treatment-inflected response to the opioid-involved overdose crisis in…
Before admitting new patients to his practice, Dr. Miguel Diaz checks their prescription history. Diaz, a family medicine physician with…
In Iowa City, Ben, a 26-year-old who has been using heroin for years, met the Iowa Harm Reduction Coalition while…
There is a profound moment in the film And The Band Played On, about the early days of the US…
Early one morning in January 2018, Bruce Gramiack Jr. awoke to find his cellmate's "lifeless body on the floor" at…
The Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) is a member-driven organization that organizes to improve the lives of people…
Is kratom a plant (Mitragyna speciosa)—originating in Southeast Asia and long used in traditional medicines for the mild opioid-like and…
In January, the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) outlined its strategy "to address, head on, the current opioid crisis"—yet they…