Tag: overdose
Pandemic Is Making Overdoses Deadlier, Research Shows
Nine months into the COVID-19 pandemic, some of the first available research has finally ...
I Recently Used Naloxone to Save a Life. Limiting Access Is Unforgivable.
One moment, I was dabbing off a smudge of eyeliner in front of the ...
Harm Reduction “Satellite Sites” Are a Powerful, Underutilized Model
People who use drugs have been taking care of each other ever since people ...
Saving Lives or “Promoting” Use? Judges to Decide Safehouse’s Purpose—And Future
The future of what could be the United States’ first legal safe consumption site ...
My Husband Invented Naloxone, My Son Died of Overdose. Oregon Gives Me Hope.
On election day, voters in Oregon took a decisive and important step to stemming the tide ...
Alberta Government Rejects Safe Supply, Bets Heavily on Abstinence
As an experienced harm reduction nurse in Alberta, Corey Ranger has been on the ...
Inside the CDC Data That Confirm the Pandemic Is Driving Up Overdose Deaths
For months, media outlets including Filter have reported on a collage of anecdotal and ...
The Shameful Closure of North America’s Busiest Safe Consumption Site
We Canadians may like to think of ourselves as more progressive than our southern ...
Major Report Sheds Light on Europe’s Changing Drug-Use Patterns
A major new report identifies changing patterns of drug use across Europe. Young British ...
Suboxone Is Now a Drug of Choice for Some in Philly. That’s No Bad Thing.
John (not his real name) was a regular on the Avenue. A biracial man ...
