overdose

BC Human Rights Commissioner Slams Overdose Inaction as “Violation”

Government inaction on the overdose crisis is a human rights violation, according to a recent position statement released by British…

December 4, 2025

Trump Revives SUPPORT Act Funding Treatment and Recovery Programs

The federal government has enacted the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025, building on the original 2018…

December 3, 2025

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 new research. Published in the International…

December 2, 2025

DULF’s Constitutional Challenge to Compassion-Club Charges Begins

As British Columbia’s overdose crisis escalated in the second half of the 2010s, Jeremy Kalicum was getting his first experience…

November 25, 2025

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 county jails, both during incarceration and…

November 24, 2025

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 of 48. He hit the global…

November 20, 2025

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 proposed nalmefene product that will last…

November 14, 2025

Grassroots Harm Reduction Sidelined in NY Opioid Fund Spending

“He was awesome,” Alexis Pleus, executive director of Truth Pharm, a small harm reduction organization based in Binghamton, New York,…

November 13, 2025

Landmark Ruling Fortifies Canada’s “Good Samaritan” Overdose Law

The Supreme Court of Canada has delivered a landmark judgement that affirms the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act, clarifying that…

November 6, 2025

A Son in a Sober-Living Home, Lost to Overdose

[This article is excerpted from the book Rehab: An American Scandal. You can read Filter's interview with the author here.]…

November 5, 2025