Tag: overdose
New Spike in Coronavirus Cases Could Further Worsen Overdose Crisis
As many US jurisdictions have eased pandemic restrictions, new coronavirus cases have been spiking ...
Support, Don’t Punish 2020: A Global Day of Action Against the Drug War
Friday, June 26 marks the Support, Don’t Punish 2020 Global Day of Action—an annual ...
Methadose: A Parable of Putting Profit Before Human Lives
Imagine being on a medication, any medication, and all a sudden it doesn’t work ...
New K2 Compound in Canadian Heroin Supply Amid Surging Fatal ODs
A little-known synthetic cannabinoid, a class of compounds colloquially referred to as “K2” or ...
Telehealth Must Stay After COVID-19 to Save Our Patients From Overdose
March 2020. The stakes were enormous and the urgency acute: 1,000 of our patients ...
Most Baltimore Primary Candidates Back Safe Consumption Sites
A survey released by Baltimore-based safe consumption site (SCS) advocacy group the BRIDGES (Baltimore ...
The Paradox of an “Evidence-Based” Anti-Drug Media Campaign
The push for evidence-based drug policy is clashing head-on with a drug war rooted ...
Why Isotonitazene Is Not Yet the “New Fentanyl”
In the span of about a year, isotonitazene, a novel psychoactive substance (NPS), went ...
Fiscal Crisis for Cities and States Threatens Harm Reduction Funding
City and state governments around the US are facing a fiscal crisis as the ...
How Bars and Nightclubs Can Help Prevent Fentanyl-Involved Deaths
The adulteration of many drug supplies with the potent synthetic opioid fentanyl poses a ...
