Tag: overdose
Will Rhode Island Be the First State to Legalize Safe Consumption Sites?
The prospect of safe consumption sites (SCS) for mitigating the United States’ historic overdose ...
How a Smartphone App Could Help Communities Respond to Overdoses
A smartphone app that activates civilian emergency responders to 911 calls has the potential ...
How Immediate Naloxone Access Is Going 24/7 in Indiana
The state of Indiana is dedicating tens of thousands of federal dollars to making ...
Boston’s “Methadone Mile” and the Wars on Drug Users, Unhoused People
Four gentrifying Boston neighborhoods—Roxbury, Dorchester, the South End and South Boston—collide and form the ...
The Kind Man Who Used to Sell Me Heroin
In popular culture, people who sell drugs are stereotyped as remorseless monsters, like the ...
Oregon Decriminalization Begins, But It Won’t Be Enough to End ODs
Across the state of Oregon, people found by police to be in possession of ...
Ohio Students Launch Harm Reduction and “Bad Batch” Alerts App
A student-led nonprofit in Columbus, Ohio, has created a smartphone app that helps community ...
Will Biden’s HHS Protect OD Survivors’ Medical Privacy Rights?
As President Joe Biden begins his term, his Department of Health and Human Services ...
Appeals Court Overturns Ruling That Legalized SCS; Safehouse Fights On
Just over a week before a more reform-friendly administration takes over in Washington, the ...
What to Make of a Drug-Induced Homicide Charge After a Prosecutor’s OD Death?
Rodney Hasty, a prosecutor in Asheville, North Carolina for 18 years, died unexpectedly last ...
