overdose

New Jersey Harm Reduction Set to Grow After Atlantic City Legal Battle

A lawsuit between Atlantic City and a local syringe service program (SSP) may be nearing its end. The city has…

September 22, 2022

Stigmatizing Drug Use Is Killing Us, But Why Is It So Hard to Stop?

Despite significant strides in drug policy in recent decades, and changing attitudes about some substances, stigmatization of people who use…

September 8, 2022

After Veto of CA Overdose Prevention Programs, It’s Down to Us to Resist

On August 22, California Governor Gavin Newsom overruled the will of the legislature and his constituents by vetoing Senate Bill…

September 7, 2022

Mass Calls for Harm Reduction on International Overdose Awareness Day

On International Overdose Awareness Day, August 31, more than 50 harm reduction groups in California called on the state government…

August 31, 2022

SAMHSA, the DEA Could Have Freed Methadone Any Time Since the 1970s

Can you imagine that since the 1970s, the two federal agencies that control the methadone clinic system—the Drug Enforcement Administration…

August 30, 2022

Newsom Vetoes Safe Consumption Sites in California

On August 22, just hours before a deadline, Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have legalized safe consumption sites…

August 23, 2022

“Where They’re At”—Harm Reduction in Rural America

On a warm winter night, a small group of harm reduction workers in Charleston, West Virginia, stuffed the trunk of…

August 23, 2022

Will Gov. Newsom Veto California’s Safe Consumption Site Bill?

Physicians who treat people with substance use disorder in California are among those urging Governor Gavin Newsom to sign legislation,…

August 17, 2022

Ohio Harm Reductionists Sue for Transparency in Opioid Settlement Spending Decisions

The state of Ohio is getting over $800 million from a settlement with opioid manufacturers to help address the overdose…

August 12, 2022

The Pfizer Naloxone Shortage Ends, Leaving Us With Just the Regular One

[Read Filter's August 1 story introducing Remedy Alliance's naloxone distribution here.]   In the same way that the United States…

August 8, 2022