Tag: overdose
NYC Syringe Programs Successfully Serving the Most Vulnerable New Yorkers
New York City’s syringe service programs (SSPs) are successfully getting harm reduction resources into ...
Arrested While “Panicking on Meth”—An Hour Later, He Was Dead
Alex Billmeyer was panicking when police swarmed a house in Dubuque, Iowa on May ...
Harm Production: Ontario’s Brutal Cuts Add Fuel to the Overdose Fire
Viewed from the United States, Canada’s comparatively liberal social mores and universal healthcare would ...
Safe Consumption Site in Philly Has 90 Percent Support Among Locals
Communities most impacted by the overdose crisis are more likely to back groundbreaking interventions ...
How Drug Policy Fuels the Genocide of Indigenous Women in Canada
Cherisse was 17 years old in 2009, and had recently given birth to a ...
Denial of Methadone Devastates Incarcerated People: What Hope?
When people who are dependent on opioids are incarcerated and denied access, they go ...
Harm Reduction Is Growing in Scotland—But So Are Overdose Deaths
In November 2018, Scotland launched a revised national drug policy that prioritizes recovery resources, ...
Maine Legislators Choose Stigma Over Science in Shameful SCS Decision
On May 10, the members of the Health and Human Services Committee of Maine’s ...
Innovative Canadian “Street Degree” Empowers Peer Harm Reduction Workers
In British Columbia, an entirely peer-taught overdose prevention “Street Degree” program has graduated its ...
Three Recent Stories Illustrate the Media’s Ongoing Drug-War Propaganda
Three widely distributed stories from the past couple of months illustrate the profound ways ...
