Tag: opioids
Fentanyl Batches I Have Known in Atlantic Canada
Atlantic Canada often seems to get left out of discussions of our country’s ongoing ...
Afghanistan’s “Forever” Drug War Has No End in Sight
“It is time to end the forever war,” declared President Joe Biden. After 20 ...
Drug Users Testify as MA Lawmakers Weigh Safe Consumption Sites
On September 27, Massachusetts lawmakers invited members of the public to speak about safe ...
Health Care Workers Need to Be Watching the Splintering Drug Supply
In the summer of 2016, the synthetic cannabinoid “K2” burst into the drug landscape ...
How Overdose Surged for Black People as It Held Steady for Whites
As opioid-involved overdose fatalities were holding steady for most racial groups prior to the ...
Why San Francisco Drug Users Are Injecting Less, Smoking Fentanyl More
Many people who use drugs in San Francisco have been reducing their injecting of ...
Biden Looks to Make Harsh Criminalization of Fentanyl Analogs Permanent
President Joe Biden is seeking to extend indefinitely a Trump-era rule on the scheduling ...
Rural Counties Awarded $78 Million through Opioid Response Program
The federal government has allocated more than $80 million to combat the opioid-involved overdose ...
Will Missouri’s Opioid Settlement Payout Mean Much for Harm Reduction?
At least 1,921 Missourians died of opioid-involved overdose in 2020, an increase of almost ...
You Can No Longer Be Arrested for Carrying Fentanyl Test Strips in Philly
On August 2, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney announced that city police will no longer ...
