When people who are dependent on opioids are incarcerated and denied access, they go into withdrawal—an often-painful condition with symptoms…
In November 2018, Scotland launched a revised national drug policy that prioritizes recovery resources, including enhancing harm reduction resources. But according…
On May 10, the members of the Health and Human Services Committee of Maine’s legislature debated LD949—a bill that would…
In British Columbia, an entirely peer-taught overdose prevention "Street Degree" program has graduated its first batch of certificate recipients. They…
Three widely distributed stories from the past couple of months illustrate the profound ways in which the media perpetuates harmful…
President Donald Trump's contradictory messages about his response to the opioid-involved overdose crisis were on full display during a self-congratulatory…
On April 16, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) launched its latest punishment-driven, treatment-inflected response to the opioid-involved overdose crisis in…
Coachella, the giant annual music and arts festival in California’s Colorado Desert, began April 12 and ends nine days later.…
Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson believes that drug-induced deaths are "becoming an epidemic" and that the Chicago police should "do what…
It’s widely documented that decades of punitive criminal justice and drug policies have led to the US becoming the world’s…