Tag: opioids
SAMHSA Weighs Permanent Methadone Take-Homes, Decades Too Late
In March 2020, to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infections among patients and staff, ...
A Court Rejected the Disease Theory of Opioid Addiction. Will We Listen?
The idea that opioid painkillers are inevitably addictive was put on trial and refuted. ...
Responding to the 2022 Global Drug Survey Will Help Other Drug Users
The world’s largest drug survey wants to know how you get high and why. ...
Veterans Data Show Surge in Stimulant-Involved Deaths
United States military veterans are increasingly vulnerable to stimulant-involved deaths, according to new research. ...
Rx Drug Take Back Days Are Unhelpful at Best, Harmful at Worst
The Drug Enforcement Administration really, really wants you to give them your leftover prescription ...
“Never Use Alone”: Free 24-Hour Hotline Expands Across New England
The Never Use Alone Massachusetts hotline has become Never Use Alone New England, consolidating ...
Nan Goldin Isn’t Focused on the Sacklers Anymore
On March 10, 2018, photographer and activist Nan Goldin led dozens of protestors to ...
How My Drug Use Has Become More Sustainable Over Time
When I first began using opioids, in 2017 when I was 18, I knew ...
Fentanyl Batches I Have Known in Atlantic Canada
Atlantic Canada often seems to get left out of discussions of our country’s ongoing ...
Afghanistan’s “Forever” Drug War Has No End in Sight
“It is time to end the forever war,” declared President Joe Biden. After 20 ...
