overdose

Feds Compare Strategies for OD Crisis: Reducing Supply, Demand or Harm

On January 13 the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report analyzing three policy approaches to the opioid-involved overdose crisis,…

January 14, 2026

The Problem With Crediting the Drop in Fentanyl OD to Supply Reduction

In September 2024 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released data showing that overdose mortality, which had been climbing…

January 12, 2026

Naloxone Boxes: New Strategy Makes OD Antidote Accessible 24/7, for Free

In 2021, Harm Reduction Michigan (HRMI) began using streetside newspaper-style boxes to station naloxone kits in outdoor spaces where the…

December 30, 2025

Oklahoma Bill Would Require EMS to Call the Cops After Reversing an OD

Oklahoma legislators will consider a proposal requiring first responders to notify law enforcement if they reverse an overdose. House Bill…

December 19, 2025

NJ May Expand Civil Commitment to Anyone Accused of Recent Overdose

New Jersey legislators are considering a proposal to require involuntary commitment for any overdose survivors revived by law enforcement. It…

December 9, 2025

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