Tag: overdose prevention centers

    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 ...

    NY Gov. Hochul Silent on Overdose Prevention Centers as Pressure Mounts

    New York Governor Kathy Hochul has never been outspoken about overdose prevention centers (OPC). ...