overdose

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 on the…

November 22, 2024

Unsanctioned Overdose Prevention Sites Open Outside Two BC Hospitals

After two weeks in Royal Jubilee Hospital with a bad bout of pneumonia, Jared had stepped outside to smoke. Not…

November 18, 2024

CBP Rolls Out Mildly Surprising Workforce Naloxone Policy

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has implemented its first internal policy covering staff access to naloxone. While it revolves entirely…

November 7, 2024

The Overdose Crisis Was Ignored in This Election Cycle

The overdose crisis claims over 100,000 lives each year in the United States, but has received very little attention from…

November 5, 2024

To Me, International Drug Users Day Should Mean Pride

International Drug Users Day, marked on November 1, is very near and dear to my heart. I’ve lost so many people…

November 1, 2024

Puerto Rico Governor’s Drug-Decrim Remarks Prompt Skepticism

Does Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia support decriminalizing drugs? He just gave a lukewarm indication that he could. But…

October 23, 2024

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

Laypeople Administering Naloxone More Often, Per 911-Call Data

In cases where 911 is called, more bystanders than previously have been using naloxone when they believe someone is experiencing…

October 21, 2024

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 proof the province’s treatment-based approach to…

September 27, 2024

I Just Overdosed Again. This Time, It Was Different.

I’ve been using drugs—opioids, stimulants and many others—on and off for basically my whole adult life. I don’t see it…

September 26, 2024