Data from the United States Sentencing Commission (USSC) show that under 7 percent of people convicted in recent federal overdose…
With a historic drop in overdose deaths and hundreds of millions of opioid settlement dollars heading to the city’s coffers,…
In January, the United States’ first state-sanctioned overdose prevention center (OPC) began operations in Providence, Rhode Island. Run by harm…
In January, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced a permanent rule change to expand buprenorphine access for people diagnosed with opioid…
British Columbia’s provincial government has ended its take-home safe supply program for new participants, with an intention to transition existing…
British Columbia recently unveiled 26 publicly funded "substance-use treatment beds" in four communities across the province. Six of the beds…
Urged on by the mayor at the epicenter of the nation’s overdose crisis, a Maryland lawmaker has launched a renewed…
As Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s nine years in power come to an end, many are reflecting on his legacy.…
In September 2020, a truck pulled over in rural Saskatchewan, Canada, to report an overdose. Cheryl Delorme had lost consciousness…
In 2022 the White House Office of National Drug Control Strategy (ONDCP) published its first National Drug Control Strategy, which…