The American Society for Addiction Medicine (ASAM) successfully fought to prevent expansion of methadone prescribing to a wide range of…
In the past month, the San Francisco Chronicle has published a series of articles ostensibly aimed at getting to the…
A former acting White House "drug czar" says the United States has a lot to learn from Portugal’s move to…
When someone dies without a doctor present, and they hadn't seen a doctor anytime recently, a local medical examiner will…
It’s a Saturday evening, the day before Mother’s Day. My husband and I are having dinner and watching a movie…
Republican Senators in Oregon are staging a "walkout" from the Democrat-controlled state legislature. The move, framed as a protest against…
In Oklahoma, state officials are launching a program for residents to get free naloxone and fentanyl test strips from strategically…
There is no grief like that of a parent who has lost a child. The overdose crisis has seen countless…
True safe supply means a legal and regulated supply of the same drugs people access through the unregulated market. In Canada,…
On May 23, a coalition of 20 national advocacy organizations sent an open letter to President Biden, criticizing his support…