overdose

Questions Over Wisconsin Spending of Opioid Settlement Money

Under the nationwide legal settlements with major opioid manufacturers and distributors, the state of Wisconsin and its local governments will…

August 6, 2025

Most Overdose Prevention Centers Are Urban. The Spot Was Different.

In March 2024, lack of government funding led to the closure of The Spot, the only overdose prevention center (OPC)…

August 6, 2025

Garth Mullins of “Crackdown” on Loss, Methadone and Drug-User Organizing

Garth Mullins knows the pain of losing people all too well. In 2019, during my early days of becoming a…

June 26, 2025

An Invisible Crisis: Brain Injury From Non-Fatal Overdose

Harms related to drug overdose are not limited to death. It’s important to remember that, when research has indicated there…

June 2, 2025

Overdose Deaths Fell in 2024: What’s Driving This, and Will It Last?

The latest national overdose figures from the CDC, released May 14, show that deaths fell by almost 27 percent in…

May 20, 2025

Overdose Prevention Center Bills in Multiple States Inch Forward

The 2025 legislative session has seen multiple states attempt to authorize overdose prevention centers (OPC). Some proposals didn't have the…

May 13, 2025

Trump’s Attack on AmeriCorps Threatens OD Prevention, Among Much Else

The Trump administration has decided to destroy the AmeriCorps program, which puts millions of people, mostly volunteers, to work in…

May 7, 2025

Burlington Plans to Open Vermont’s First Overdose Prevention Center

On April 28, the City Council of Burlington, Vermont, voted unanimously to approve opening an overdose prevention center (OPC) in…

May 1, 2025

Will Minnesota, Which Authorized OPC, Actually Open Them?

Minnesota was just the second US state (after Rhode Island) to authorize overdose prevention centers allowing supervised drug use in…

April 24, 2025

Refelonizing Fentanyl Had No Good Outcomes: Colorado Study

Increasing criminal penalties for fentanyl had zero impact on overdose deaths in Colorado and accomplished nothing good. That’s the result…

April 3, 2025