Tag: opioids
Ohio Students Launch Harm Reduction and “Bad Batch” Alerts App
A student-led nonprofit in Columbus, Ohio, has created a smartphone app that helps community ...
Biden Is Opposing a Promising Step Toward Buprenorphine Deregulation
In the final week of former President Trump’s term, the US Department of Health ...
Pharmacists May Be Key to Expanding Bupe Access, NIDA Pilot Shows
Collaboration between physicians and pharmacists may boost patients’ satisfaction with, and adherence to, buprenorphine ...
DC Decriminalized Drug Paraphernalia. Here’s What That Means on the Ground.
On December 22, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) signed the Opioid Overdose ...
Overdose Survivors’ Top Priorities Are Basic Needs, Research Shows
A new study elevating the voices of opioid users who survived an overdose found ...
How Artists Are Reimagining the Overdose Crisis
Last year, I volunteered at a harm reduction center where fights and cold sweats ...
Judge Grants Class Action Status to Methadone-Taper Jail Lawsuit
A federal judge has paved the way for a case against a methadone-taper policy ...
A Fentanyl User’s Dispiriting Search for Safe Supply in Toronto
When I heard earlier this year that a safe supply of opioids would be ...
“Here to Make It Less Dangerous”—The Work of a Dark-Web Drug Seller
In today’s bifurcated illicit drug trade, it’s increasingly common for transactions to occur anonymously, ...
My Daughter’s Birth Exposed the Medical Community’s Anti-Drug Stigma
In January, a few weeks after my 49th birthday, my partner, Carolyn, gave me ...
