Tag: overdose
Alberta’s Discredited Anti-SCS Report Still Raised Across North America
Governments wield power over the implementation of harm reduction services, but their impacts aren’t ...
Buprenorphine X-Waiver Burden Eased Under New Federal Rules
Amid the growing opioid-involved overdose crisis, the Department of Health and Human Services released ...
The Price of Saving a Life: Naloxone’s Cost Barrier in the US
When I walk into my local pharmacy to pick up a naloxone kit, I ...
Drug Decriminalization in Oregon: How’s It Going So Far?
Tanesia DeMacon is no stranger to jail. She estimates she was arrested no fewer ...
Harm Reduction at Sea: Tight-Knit Fishing Communities Navigate Drugs
The setting sun shines a crown of pink light through the windows of a ...
Why New 12-Step Members May Avoid Carrying Naloxone
For new members of 12-step programs like Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous, naloxone can ...
In Upstate New York, a Jail Keeps Blocking Access to Lifesaving OUD Meds
[This story is published in partnership with New York Focus, an independent, investigative news ...
NYC Mayoral Forum Grills Candidates on Decriminalization and Overdose
Even before COVID-19 hit the city hard, New York’s elected officials failed for years ...
Harm Reduction Services to Get $30 Million in First-Ever Federal Funding
The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan signed into law last week contained a series ...
As People Who Use Drugs, We Urge Biden to End the Buprenorphine X-Waiver
In late January, the Biden Administration walked back one of the biggest steps toward ...
