Tag: overdose

    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 ...

    NE Syringe Program Bill Abandoned, by Senators Who’d Just Voted for It

    Syringe service programs (SSP) will not become legal in Nebraska in 2024, after lawmakers ...

    If You’re a Cop, There Are Better Ways for You to Use Narcan

    As the overdose crisis escalates, so do law enforcement’s misconceptions about Narcan, the nasal-spray ...

    Can Court Cases Turn the Tide for Canadian Harm Reduction?

    Amid a wave of hostile public and political discourse, several cases before the courts ...

    Future of DULF Compassion Club Will Hinge on Judicial Review

    A judicial review of Canada’s decision to deny a peer-led safe supply group an ...

    “Another Dimension”—OD Deaths Fall Sharply in Areas Close to SCS

    Safe consumption sites don’t just protect people from fatal overdose within their walls, suggests ...

    A Year Into BC Drug Decrim, Opposing Narratives Clash

    It’s now been over a year since British Columbia decriminalized adult possession of small ...

    How Reducing Homelessness Would Reduce Drug-Related Deaths

    New research has indicated the extent to which cutting rates of homelessness would save ...