overdose prevention

“Survival Mode” Amid Trump’s Health Care and Harm Reduction Cuts

The Trump administration continues to wage war on programs that keep people who use drugs healthy and alive. Experts fear…

February 9, 2026

SAMHSA Awards Opioid Response Grants Amid New “Strategic Priorities”

On September 22, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced the recipients of the 2025 state and…

September 23, 2025

Baltimore Accepts Offer for Fraction of the Opioid Settlement It Sought

The city of Baltimore has opted to take a court deal that will leave it with just a fraction of…

August 18, 2025

Judge Offers Baltimore $100 million for OD Crisis—Far Less Than City Sought

A judge has offered Baltimore $100 million for opioid abatement efforts in a landmark case—but only if it accepts a…

August 11, 2025

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 long-running opioid lawsuit—dealing a major blow…

June 12, 2025

Community “Bad Batch” Alerts Contrast With Algorithmic OD Prevention

In 2020, Ohio-based nonprofit the SOAR Initiative launched a pioneering “bad batch” alert system. Its platform allows anyone to submit…

March 3, 2025

BC Doctor Who Organized Pop-Up OPS Resigns Following Retaliation

Two months after organizing one of the unsanctioned overdose prevention sites (OPS) that launched a movement across Canada, a British…

February 6, 2025

More Unsanctioned OPC to Pop Up Outside Hospitals Across Canada

Two months after doctors in British Columbia set up a pair of unsanctioned overdose prevention centers (OPC) outside local hospitals,…

January 22, 2025

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 great deal of my life as…

October 22, 2024

DULF Unveils Defense Strategy for Compassion-Club Criminal Charges

The Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) in Vancouver has outlined its intended defense to criminal charges against two of its…

October 17, 2024