Tag: overdose
Safehouse Won a Great Victory for Harm Reduction, NIMBYism Blocks It for Now
[Update, February 28: Less than 12 hours after this report was published, Safehouse withdrew ...
The DA Prosecuting OD Survivors Also Pushes Drug-Induced Homicide Laws
Brent Eaton, an Indiana county attorney, is prosecuting people who have survived overdoses by using ...
Study: Fatal GHB Overdoses Could Easily Be Prevented
Many deaths involving GHB, a depressant that’s popular in raves and chemsex scenes, in ...
The Problems With Post-Overdose Response Teams
Drug overdoses (better described as toxic drug mixtures and poisonings) claimed nearly half a ...
Some Residents, Officials Gang Up Against Syringe Exchange in Chico, CA
People who use drugs in Chico, California have faced opposition in obtaining sterile harm ...
Naloxone Now Used as Evidence to Prosecute Indiana OD Victims
An Indiana county attorney and police chief are working together to prosecute people who ...
Iowa Law Enforcement Alleged to Be “Moving Force” in Meth Death
In May 2019, Alex Billmeyer died from methamphetamine intoxication after being held in a ...
My Friend Died Because of Philly’s Addiction-Treatment Smoking Ban
I met Bobby in 2011, when we were both residents in a local recovery ...
Utah Woman Heralded for Naloxone Save, But State Doesn’t Fund Distribution
The man is lying on a sidewalk, experiencing an opioid overdose. You recognize the ...
Study: Opioid Substitution Meds, Not Detox, Prevent Overdose
The only treatment interventions associated with reducing an opioid use disorder patient’s overdose risk ...
