Tag: overdose
CDC Total Recorded Overdose Deaths Pass 1 Million
A few weeks ago when the CDC announced we’d passed 100,000 recorded overdose deaths ...
Hochul Signs Long-Awaited Bill Removing MOUD Barriers for New Yorkers on Medicaid
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation that removed prior authorization for people on ...
NYC’s Safe Consumption Sites Have Averted 63 Overdoses in Three Weeks
In the three weeks since the first authorized safe consumption sites (SCS) in the ...
Learning the Blues: West Coast Grapples With Shifting Drug Supply
“Forever, the prevalence of what kinds of drugs people did was completely boring,” Alex ...
Nova Scotia to Open Sydney’s First SCS, Fund Existing Halifax Site
Sydney, Nova Scotia, will soon open its first authorized safe consumption site (SCS). The ...
Toronto Will Make Drug Decriminalization Request, But Fears Remain
In a publicly broadcast meeting on December 6, Toronto’s Board of Health voted unanimously ...
Safe Consumption Sites Are Opening in New York City
On November 30, New York City authorized two safe consumption sites to begin operations ...
Tensions Mount in Fight to Open Ontario Safe Consumption Site
Harm reduction advocates are fighting to open the second safe consumption site (SCS) in ...
A Court Rejected the Disease Theory of Opioid Addiction. Will We Listen?
The idea that opioid painkillers are inevitably addictive was put on trial and refuted. ...
Philly’s Addiction-Treatment Smoking Ban Ends, Leaving Bitter Taste
The horribly misguided smoking and vaping ban in Philadelphia’s city-funded drug treatment programs, including ...
