Tag: overdose
Disease Model Proponents Are the Climate Change Deniers of Our Field
Our cognitive biases, per Nobel-winner Daniel Kahneman and colleague Amos Tversky, cause us to ...
Heroin Pipes: How the “Hammer” Was Built for Harm Reduction
A common misconception about people who use heroin is that they all want to ...
The Overdose Crisis’s Move Out West Is Nothing New
In July 2019, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released preliminary data ...
On a Mission to Show Up for Drug Users in West Virginia
In the driveway next to an old brick church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the ...
Pressure Mounts on NY Gov. Cuomo to Authorize Safe Consumption Sites
New York safe consumption site (SCS) advocates have been fueled by last week’s landmark ...
Florida Prison Neglect Contributes to Synthetic Cannabinoid Deaths
The violent and inhumane conditions pervading Florida state prisons are graphically detailed in a ...
Why Peers Who Use Drugs Are Overdose Prevention “Heroes”
Harm reduction is increasingly being assimilated into the medical establishment. Yet some people who ...
The White Van Prescribing Buprenorphine Outside a Baltimore Jail
In 2017 the Behavioral Health Leadership Institute (BHLI), a Baltimore nonprofit, rented a truck. ...
New Drugs, Bad Policies Leave Philly Harm Reduction Groping in the Dark
The “Walmart of Heroin” is how the New York Times described Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood—in ...
Canadian Pharmacist Could Face Punishment for Giving Out Naloxone
In Ontario, a Canadian province with large rural regions, one pharmacist is no longer ...
