Tag: overdose prevention centers
Illinois Overdose Prevention Center Bill Is Moving Forward Again
In Illinois, a bill to authorize an overdose prevention center (OPC) pilot is working ...
New OPC Bill in Connecticut, Where Gov. Lamont Wanted to “Wait and See”
Connecticut senators have introduced a bill to authorize an overdose prevention center (OPC) pilot ...
NM, Facing Rising Deaths, Calls for Overdose Prevention Center Study
On February 9, New Mexico state senators will discuss a proposal to study the ...
Most Overdose Prevention Centers Are Urban. The Spot Was Different.
In March 2024, lack of government funding led to the closure of The Spot, ...
Judge Rules Safehouse Philly Can Use Religious Rights Defense Against DOJ
A federal appeals court sided with a nonprofit attempting to open an overdose prevention ...
Despite Court Win, Few Consumption Sites Saved From Ontario Shutdown
Harm reduction advocates in Ontario succeeded in winning a court injunction against a new ...
Documents Show BC Scrapped OPC Plan at Hospitals Where Pop-Ups Ran
On November 18, the newly organized group Doctors for Safer Drug Policy set up ...
Unsanctioned Overdose Prevention Sites Open Outside Two BC Hospitals
After two weeks in Royal Jubilee Hospital with a bad bout of pneumonia, Jared ...
Why Alberta’s OD Figures Don’t Make a Case Against Harm Reduction
Canadian opponents of harm reduction have been pointing to recent data from Alberta as ...
VT Overdose Prevention Centers to Allow Smoking Areas, Mobile Units
Vermont has unveiled operating guidelines for overdose prevention centers (OPC), which will include smoking ...
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