Tag: overdose
US Overdose Database Unveiled, With a Rare View From the County Level
A first-of-its-kind tracker from the San Francisco Chronicle organizes United States drug overdose death ...
Overdose Deaths Fall in St. Louis County, But Rise in the City
St. Louis County, the most populous in Missouri, recorded a decrease in overdose deaths ...
As Indigenous Youth, We Know Peer Overdose Education Is Vital
Did you know that in Ontario, three times as many young people are dying ...
Did ASAM Fight to Limit Federal Methadone Reform Bill?
The American Society for Addiction Medicine (ASAM) successfully fought to prevent expansion of methadone ...
SF Chronicle’s “Honduran Drug Dealers” Series Fuels Xenophobia
In the past month, the San Francisco Chronicle has published a series of articles ...
Learn From Portugal Decriminalization, Says One-Time US “Drug Czar”
A former acting White House “drug czar” says the United States has a lot ...
It’s Not a Meth Overdose Crisis. It’s a Data Crisis.
When someone dies without a doctor present, and they hadn’t seen a doctor anytime ...
We’ve Now Lost Two of Our Children. How Can This End?
It’s a Saturday evening, the day before Mother’s Day. My husband and I are ...
Harm Reduction Among the Casualties of GOP Senate Walkout in Oregon
Republican Senators in Oregon are staging a “walkout” from the Democrat-controlled state legislature. The ...
Oklahoma Rolls Out Harm Reduction Vending Machines; More Is Needed
In Oklahoma, state officials are launching a program for residents to get free naloxone ...
