Tag: overdose
Vermont Gov. Vetoes Safe Consumption Sites, Along With the Harm Reduction He Claims to Support
On June 7, Vermont Governor Phil Scott (R) vetoed House Bill 728, which would ...
The Nationwide Reach of Harmful Drug “Paraphernalia” Laws
A new report published by the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, examines how ...
British Columbia Will Decriminalize Drug Possession
British Columbia has become the first jurisdiction in Canada to receive the federal green ...
Why “Drug-Induced Homicide” Doesn’t Have to be Prosecuted
Over the past five years, five more states have passed drug-induced homicide (DIH) statutes, ...
Ohio Bills Seek to Decriminalize Fentanyl Test Strips
Ohio lawmakers are—slowly—considering legislation to decriminalize fentanyl test strips. On May 19, state Representative ...
The Methadone Clinic System Needs Abolition, Not a Tepid Reform Bill
Peter Vanderkloot’s groundbreaking article—Methadone: Medicine, Harm Reduction or Social Control—hit me hard. As a ...
Illinois County Giving Naloxone to Gas Stations, Restaurants and More
In the central region of Illinois, the Champaign-Urbana Health District (CUHD) is giving out ...
NY Bill to Expand Safe Consumption Sites Advances, With Time Short
A New York State Assembly committee has voted to advance legislation that would authorize ...
Record High Overdose Deaths—Yet Again—in 2021, CDC Reveals
New provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that ...
DULF Keeps Distributing Checked Drugs as Health Canada Flags Denial
On May 4 in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) distributed ...
