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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

Despite Court Win, Few Consumption Sites Saved From Ontario Shutdown

Harm reduction advocates in Ontario succeeded in winning a court injunction against a new provincial law barring supervised consumption sites…

April 3, 2025

Scotland’s Overdose Prevention Center Up and Running: Will There Be More?

In January, Scotland opened the first sanctioned overdose prevention center (OPC) in the United Kingdom. As of March 17, the…

March 26, 2025

SFPD Drug Seizures “Significantly” Linked to Fatal Overdose, Data Show

New federally funded research examining drug policing and overdose data out of San Francisco suggests that law enforcement-related drug seizures…

March 20, 2025

OPC and “Paraphernalia” Decrim Bills Miss Key Deadline in Maryland

Harm reduction advocates in Maryland have fought for years to get lawmakers to pass legislation to prevent overdose deaths. After…

March 18, 2025

GOP Plans to Slash Medicaid Would Worsen Overdose Crisis

Republicans, in control of the White House and both chambers of Congress, aim to cut trillions of dollars in federal…

March 13, 2025

Federal Drug Trafficking Data Show Who Gets Prosecuted for Overdose

Data from the United States Sentencing Commission (USSC) show that under 7 percent of people convicted in recent federal overdose…

March 10, 2025

Baltimore’s First Overdose Response Chief Endorses OPC and Safe Supply

With a historic drop in overdose deaths and hundreds of millions of opioid settlement dollars heading to the city’s coffers,…

March 6, 2025