Tag: opioids
Almost 80 Percent of Heroin Users in Boston, Baltimore Would Visit Safe Consumption Sites
A large majority of people who use opioids in three coastal cities would utilize ...
Overdoses Are Deadliest Within First Few Months Out of Delaware Prisons
In 2018, Delaware had the sixth highest number of overdose deaths in the country, ...
Nurse Who Gave Her Meds to MAT-Deprived Patients Convicted
On November 18, 2018 at Massachusetts Alcohol and Substance Abuse Center (MASAC) at Plymouth, ...
The Harm Reductionist Imprisoned by Ukraine Separatists for Carrying Bupe
For 10 months now, a Ukrainian harm reduction activist has been illegally detained by ...
NYC Syringe Programs Successfully Serving the Most Vulnerable New Yorkers
New York City’s syringe service programs (SSPs) are successfully getting harm reduction resources into ...
NYC Jail Deprived Trans Women of MAT for Years
Between 2015 and 2018, transgender women incarcerated in New York City’s first-of-its-kind Transgender Housing ...
Harm Production: Ontario’s Brutal Cuts Add Fuel to the Overdose Fire
Viewed from the United States, Canada’s comparatively liberal social mores and universal healthcare would ...
Safe Consumption Site in Philly Has 90 Percent Support Among Locals
Communities most impacted by the overdose crisis are more likely to back groundbreaking interventions ...
Probation Officers Should Never Direct Medical Care for People With OUD
The Oregon State Senate voted in April to decrease barriers to lifesaving medical treatment ...
Denial of Methadone Devastates Incarcerated People: What Hope?
When people who are dependent on opioids are incarcerated and denied access, they go ...
