Tag: overdose
BC Human Rights Commissioner Slams Overdose Inaction as “Violation”
Government inaction on the overdose crisis is a human rights violation, according to a ...
Trump Revives SUPPORT Act Funding Treatment and Recovery Programs
The federal government has enacted the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of ...
Baltimore Drug Users Want Safe Supply, Know How It Should Look
People who use drugs in Baltimore, overwhelmingly support prescribed safe supply programs, according to ...
DULF’s Constitutional Challenge to Compassion-Club Charges Begins
As British Columbia’s overdose crisis escalated in the second half of the 2010s, Jeremy ...
PA Clears Jails to Use Unspent Vivitrol Funds on Methadone and Suboxone
Pennsylvania is expanding access to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) for people in ...
Remembering Peter Krykant, Who Knew Harm Reduction Couldn’t Wait
It’s been a few months since Peter Krykant’s passing in June, at the age ...
Now the FDA Wants Nalmefene to Be a Fentanyl-Exposure “Prophylactic”
The Food and Drug Administration is reportedly providing guidance and “positive feedback” for a ...
Grassroots Harm Reduction Sidelined in NY Opioid Fund Spending
“He was awesome,” Alexis Pleus, executive director of Truth Pharm, a small harm reduction ...
Landmark Ruling Fortifies Canada’s “Good Samaritan” Overdose Law
The Supreme Court of Canada has delivered a landmark judgement that affirms the Good ...
A Son in a Sober-Living Home, Lost to Overdose
[This article is excerpted from the book Rehab: An American Scandal. You can read ...
