Tag: opioids
“Sleep’s Cave”—The Speculation Around Ovid’s Opium References
Publius Ovidius Naso, known today as Ovid, was a Roman poet of great acclaim ...
Opioid Settlement Funds: Will “Once-in-a-Generation” Chance Be Wasted?
As opioid settlement dollars start rolling into jurisdictions across the United States, debate has ...
A Daughter’s Life and Death, Seen Through a Harm Reduction Lens
The book Addicted and Convicted: Letters from a Lost Daughter, published in August, tells ...
Afghanistan’s Poppy Ban May Fail. Its Success Could Bring Global Crisis.
For decades, the war-torn country of Afghanistan has been the world’s largest producer of ...
People Who Inject Drugs and Harm Reduction: a Global Perspective
Approximately 15 million people inject drugs, according to the best available evidence—equivalent to three ...
Cannabis “Significantly” Associated With Lower Unregulated Opioid Use
A new federally funded study has found that marijuana is “significantly” associated with reduced ...
Overdose Deaths Fall in St. Louis County, But Rise in the City
St. Louis County, the most populous in Missouri, recorded a decrease in overdose deaths ...
I Chose Fentanyl Over the Humiliation of Methadone Treatment
I already knew that my methadone clinic didn’t give a fuck about me or ...
Whiteout: A Searing Analysis of Racial Capitalism and Opioids
Does the world really need another book that examines the opioid-involved overdose crisis? There’s ...
Fentanyl-Related Substances: Don’t Make Trump’s Policy Permanent
The vast majority (83 percent) of voters agree that the “War on Drugs” has ...
