Tag: opioids
Orthopedic Surgeons Fail in Legal Bid to Justify OUD Discrimination
A group of doctors defended themselves in a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the ...
Alberta’s Discredited Anti-SCS Report Still Raised Across North America
Governments wield power over the implementation of harm reduction services, but their impacts aren’t ...
Buprenorphine X-Waiver Burden Eased Under New Federal Rules
Amid the growing opioid-involved overdose crisis, the Department of Health and Human Services released ...
How Fear, Misinformation, Stigma Have Devastated US Pain Patients
Tamera Lynn Stewart had been taking prescribed opioids for 12 years to treat her ...
“Devastating” West Virginia Law Could Practically End Syringe Provision
Over 1,200 West Virginians died of overdose in 2020, new data show—a 45 percent ...
One Year Into COVID, Methadone Deliveries Show the Way Forward
Created in the spring of 2020, the New York City Methadone Delivery System (MDS) ...
Legalizing Opioids: Three Proposed Models for Non-Medical Use
A rarity among academic papers, a new piece of research proposes models for legalizing opioids ...
The Mission to Save Lives by Deciphering Philly’s Volatile Drug Supply
Conditions in the Kensington neighborhood of North Philadelphia, where I’ve reported for years, stand ...
Harm Reduction at Sea: Tight-Knit Fishing Communities Navigate Drugs
The setting sun shines a crown of pink light through the windows of a ...
Exclusive: ACLU Sues NY County Over Methadone Access in Prison
The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) and American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed ...
