Tag: opioids
Alberta Government Rejects Safe Supply, Bets Heavily on Abstinence
As an experienced harm reduction nurse in Alberta, Corey Ranger has been on the ...
Inside the CDC Data That Confirm the Pandemic Is Driving Up Overdose Deaths
For months, media outlets including Filter have reported on a collage of anecdotal and ...
Elizabeth Warren Advocates to Formalize Barriers for Pain Patients
Five lawmakers, including Senator Elizabeth Warren, have renewed their demands for the DEA to ...
Heart Infection Projected to Kill One in Five People Who Inject Opioids by 2030
In 10 years, one in five people who inject opioids is predicted to die ...
The Shameful Closure of North America’s Busiest Safe Consumption Site
We Canadians may like to think of ourselves as more progressive than our southern ...
Major Report Sheds Light on Europe’s Changing Drug-Use Patterns
A major new report identifies changing patterns of drug use across Europe. Young British ...
Suboxone Is Now a Drug of Choice for Some in Philly. That’s No Bad Thing.
John (not his real name) was a regular on the Avenue. A biracial man ...
Researchers Confirm the Lifesaving Power of a Safe Supply of Drugs
A team of researchers working at a clinic in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia has ...
Utah’s Overdose Spike and a Green Substance Known as “Hulk”
Local officials and harm reductionists are reporting increased drug overdoses in Utah this year, ...
Pennsylvania Now Lets You Get Naloxone by Mail
Pennsylvania’s health secretary, Dr. Rachel Levine, has issued a new standing order to allow ...
