Tag: overdose crisis
Judge Rejects Baltimore’s $5.2 Billion Lawsuit Request to Address OD Crisis
A judge has rejected Baltimore’s request for $5.2 billion in abatement money in a ...
Overdose Deaths Fell in 2024: What’s Driving This, and Will It Last?
The latest national overdose figures from the CDC, released May 14, show that deaths ...
RFK Jr. Is Headlining the Rx and Illicit Drug Summit. This Doesn’t Bode Well.
On April 21, the first day of the 14th annual Rx and Illicit Drug ...
BC Enters 10th Year of Overdose Crisis, as It Shutters Harm Reduction Policies
As people gathered in Vancouver’s Victory Square on April 14 to mark nine years ...
CDC: Overdose Deaths Now Down 24 Percent, Back to Pre-Pandemic Crisis
An estimated 86,882 people in the United States died of overdose between October 2023 ...
“It’s Very Real”—Harm Reduction Research Facing DOGE Funding Cuts
As Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) take a chainsaw to federal ...
A White House Invite for OD Prevention… Then They Shut Me Out
I have been homeless. I have been addicted to heroin. I have spent a ...
Socialist Presidential Candidate Talks Harm Reduction and the Drug War
On a sunny day in Milwaukee, I drove downtown to interview a presidential candidate. ...
Overdose Deaths Suddenly Dropped, Per Data That’s Always Been Kinda Iffy
Between April 2023 and April 2024, drug-related deaths across the country appear to have ...
CDC: Overdose Deaths Leveled Off in 2022, Still Setting New Record
The United States recorded 107,941 drug overdose deaths in 2022, according to final data ...
