overdose

Utah Has a New Overdose Task Force, Counteracting the One It Has Already

After an unsuccessful attempt to pass drug-induced homicide legislation in 2023, Utah is finding other ways to criminalize people for…

April 24, 2024

San Francisco Overdose Deaths Falling in Early 2024: Will It Last?

San Francisco recorded slowly decreasing overdose deaths over the first three months of 2024, according to new data. But how…

April 16, 2024

The Campaign to Call Fentanyl Deaths “Poisoning” Is Working as Intended

A basic concept of toxicology is that “the dose makes the poison.” Any substance becomes poisonous to the human body…

April 16, 2024

FL Isn’t Really Criminalizing Fentanyl “Exposure.” It’s Punishing Possession.

Beginning October 1, Florida will consider it a second-degree felony to expose a first responder to fentanyl, if it results…

April 10, 2024

Activists Pushing for Pennsylvania to Finally Authorize Syringe Programs

Pennsylvania harm reduction activists will rally at the State Capitol in Harrisburg on April 8, demanding that state lawmakers protect…

April 4, 2024

Federal Court Grants DOJ Request to Dismiss Safehouse SCS Challenge

A federal court has granted the Justice Department’s motion to dismiss a challenge from a Pennsylvania-based harm reduction center that’s…

April 4, 2024

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 from the Centers for Disease Control…

March 21, 2024

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 who'd previously supported a bill authorizing…

March 14, 2024

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 formulation of the opioid-overdose antidote naloxone.…

March 12, 2024

Our Research Shows We Need Compassion Clubs to Stop OD Deaths

On March 7, a judicial review began of Health Canada’s 2022 decision to deny the Drug User Liberation Front an…

March 11, 2024