Tag: overdose
Our Research Shows We Need Compassion Clubs to Stop OD Deaths
On March 7, a judicial review began of Health Canada’s 2022 decision to deny ...
Can Court Cases Turn the Tide for Canadian Harm Reduction?
Amid a wave of hostile public and political discourse, several cases before the courts ...
Future of DULF Compassion Club Will Hinge on Judicial Review
A judicial review of Canada’s decision to deny a peer-led safe supply group an ...
“Another Dimension”—OD Deaths Fall Sharply in Areas Close to SCS
Safe consumption sites don’t just protect people from fatal overdose within their walls, suggests ...
Many Drug Users Aren’t Protected by “Good Samaritan” Laws
Kansas, one of the last two states without a “Good Samaritan” law for drug ...
A Year Into BC Drug Decrim, Opposing Narratives Clash
It’s now been over a year since British Columbia decriminalized adult possession of small ...
How Reducing Homelessness Would Reduce Drug-Related Deaths
New research has indicated the extent to which cutting rates of homelessness would save ...
With New Final Methadone Rule, SAMHSA Isn’t Coming to Save Us
People on methadone in the United States have been thrown under the bus yet ...
The DEA Made a “Fentanyl Facts” Quiz. Let’s See How They Did.
One of the weirder things to come out of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) ...
Bill Seeks to Ring-Fence States’ Spending of Opioid Settlement Cash
State governments shouldn’t be stashing opioid settlement money in their general funds, say the ...
