Tag: opioids
New England “Strike Force” to Target Opioid Prescribers for Prosecution
On June 29, a group of agencies announced the “New England Prescription Opioid Strike ...
Inebriate Asylums to Narcotic Farms: Addiction Treatment’s Cruel Roots
Kenneth Anderson founded HAMS (Harm Reduction, Abstinence and Moderation Support) in 2007 as a ...
Win for Pain Patients as SCOTUS Cuts DEA’s Power to Persecute Prescribers
On June 27, the United States Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that the government cannot ...
Out Early From a 15-Year Carfentanil Sentence, Her Next Fight Begins
Wendy Kraus-Heitmann has had a hard life, but one that someone could write a ...
British Columbia Will Decriminalize Drug Possession
British Columbia has become the first jurisdiction in Canada to receive the federal green ...
Judge Orders County to Offer OUD Meds to All Jailed Patients, in US First
A New York district judge has ordered upstate Jefferson County to offer medication for ...
Illinois County Giving Naloxone to Gas Stations, Restaurants and More
In the central region of Illinois, the Champaign-Urbana Health District (CUHD) is giving out ...
Record High Overdose Deaths—Yet Again—in 2021, CDC Reveals
New provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that ...
No, My Prescribed Opioid Use Was Not a “Relapse”
Society tends to view banned drugs and their use in binary terms. People who ...
Taliban Announces Cruel Poppy Ban During Afghan Harvest Season
What’s that time-worn saying about doing the same thing over and over and expecting ...
