Mood modification through drugs—intoxication—is a standard cultural reality in American history, but possibly even more so today. Rather than hopelessly…
Just one safer consumption space (SCS) for people who use drugs in Kings County, Washington would generate annual savings worth…
The Massachusetts Commission on Harm Reduction issued a report on March 1 recommending the development of supervised consumption spaces (SCS)…
Barely a day passes on my beat without my meeting someone with a harrowing story about the impact of zero-tolerance…
Imagine going through opioid use disorder treatment with methadone or buprenorphine, perhaps getting a job and family and everything in your life back—except for one…
New Tennessee legislation hopes to tackle teenage prescription opioid use by keeping pill bottles under lock and key–literally. The "Pilfering…
Current drug and health policy is clearly not doing enough to end the crisis of opioid-related deaths. But worse, "under…
President Donald Trump's special guests to the State of the Union address on February 5 included two people directly impacted…
The Food and Drug Administration ended 2018 by awarding Milliman, a health insurance consulting company, with extra resources and expedited…
Gonzalo Hernandez* first heard the word “fentanyl” about two years ago. Hernandez, who lives in the sierra in the state…