Tag: overdose
Rural Counties Awarded $78 Million through Opioid Response Program
The federal government has allocated more than $80 million to combat the opioid-involved overdose ...
The End of Governor Cuomo and His Shameful Legacy on Overdose
On August 10, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced his resignation (in two weeks, ...
A Guide to Fentanyl Touch Overdoses, Which Do Not Exist
Once as a paramedic student, I accidentally sprayed fentanyl in my face. It was ...
In Massachusetts, Our Fight for Safe Consumption Sites Is Gaining Ground
In 2020 there were at least 2,104 opioid-involved overdose deaths in Massachusetts, the highest ...
Will Missouri’s Opioid Settlement Payout Mean Much for Harm Reduction?
At least 1,921 Missourians died of opioid-involved overdose in 2020, an increase of almost ...
You Can No Longer Be Arrested for Carrying Fentanyl Test Strips in Philly
On August 2, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney announced that city police will no longer ...
Two Years After Oakland’s Psychedelic Decrim, What’s Been the Impact?
Over two years ago, in June 2019, the city of Oakland, California became the ...
The US Faces a Naloxone Shortage at the Worst Possible Time
Life expectancy in the United States plunged by a year and a half in ...
“Undoing Drugs”—Maia Szalavitz’s Profound History of Harm Reduction
In 1986, HIV/AIDS was burning through New York. The city’s gay population was devastated, ...
Congress Plans Historic Federal Funding for Syringe Programs
A Congressional budget committee released a draft spending bill on July 11 that would ...
