Tag: overdose
New Mexico’s Effort to Authorize Safe Consumption Sites
New Mexico lawmakers are working to pass a bill to open safe consumption sites ...
“Regressive Thinking” Ends Syringe, Pipe Distribution at Edmonton Transit Stations
Until recently, Boyle Street Community Services staff had been handing out various harm reduction ...
San Francisco’s Proposal to Deport People for Fentanyl-Sales Charges
A San Francisco lawmaker wants to make it easier to detain and deport undocumented ...
FDA Inches Closer to OTC Narcan—at the Expense of Generic Naloxone
Advisors to the Food and Drug Administration have voted unanimously in support of making ...
National Teen Survey Shows Static Drug-Use Rates Amid Increased Risks
Young America is in crisis, depicts a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
We Need Harm Reduction Built for and Led by Youth Who Use Drugs
Young people use drugs. We need to accept this reality, and give them what ...
Project to Set Up 100 Harm Reduction “Vending Machines” Across Canada
Vending machines are increasingly being deployed to distribute harm reduction supplies in North America. ...
The End of the X-Waiver Is a Chance to Advance Health Equity
On January 12, the federal government announced an important change to drug policy that ...
Why Does BC’s Decriminalization Exclude Benzodiazepines?
The overdose crisis in British Columbia has killed more than 10,000 people since 2016, ...
New Jersey’s Plan to Offer Free Naloxone for All at Pharmacies
Getting naloxone should be about to get much easier in New Jersey. Governor Phil ...
