Tag: opioids
Nursing Homes Discriminate Against Opioid Use Disorder Patients at Alarming Rate
In 2018 alone, nearly four in ten people who were hospitalized in Massachusetts for ...
Navigating the Baffling Systems of Care That Failed My Son
[The following article is excerpted from two chapters of Cover My Dreams in Ink, ...
“I Can’t Breathe”—The Haunting Urgency of Juice WRLD’s Post-OD Album
Since the December 8, 2019 fatal overdose of Jarad Higgins—a Black rapper who went ...
FDA Greenlights Private Sector to Purge Websites Selling “Unapproved Opioids”
A new private-public partnership aims to purge the internet of “unapproved opioid” vendors in ...
Why Isotonitazene Is Not Yet the “New Fentanyl”
In the span of about a year, isotonitazene, a novel psychoactive substance (NPS), went ...
Canada Quietly Lifts Ban on Peer Injection Assistance at Safe Consumption Sites
On March 1, the Canadian harm reduction movement enjoyed a quiet win. Health Canada, ...
Indiana Syringe Exchange May Shut Down Next Month Amid Prosecutor’s Opposition
A syringe exchange in Wayne County, Indiana could close in June if lawmakers don’t ...
Fiscal Crisis for Cities and States Threatens Harm Reduction Funding
City and state governments around the US are facing a fiscal crisis as the ...
Vancouver Lost a Legendary Drug-User Activist in Dave Murray
As drug-user activists, we often lose a couple friends each month. This month has ...
Starting Bupe From Fentanyl Can Be a Nightmare. Microdosing Methods Help.
What I remember most about precipitated withdrawal last year is the color yellow. It ...
