Tag: overdose
Newsflash: There Are Drugs at Coachella—Let’s Help People Use Them Safely
Coachella, the giant annual music and arts festival in California’s Colorado Desert, began April ...
Vindictive Drug-Induced Homicide Charges Are Set to Surge in Chicago
Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson believes that drug-induced deaths are “becoming an epidemic” and that ...
To Address Addiction, Confront Racism in Our Health and Justice Systems
It’s widely documented that decades of punitive criminal justice and drug policies have led ...
Inside the Legal Struggle Over Safe Consumption Spaces
On February 5, a group of protestors gathered outside the Philadelphia offices of William McSwain, ...
Three Takeaways From a Key Gathering of Health Justice Advocates
On April 3, criminal justice reform activists, harm reductionists, policymakers, service providers and clinicians ...
“Nation’s Most Comprehensive Lawsuit”—Now NY Takes On Purdue and the Sacklers
Museums around the world, from New York City’s Guggenheim to London’s Tate Modern, have ...
Beyond Purdue: Our Deadly Unlearned Lessons From the Overdose Crisis
There is a profound moment in the film And The Band Played On, about ...
Mixed Outcomes and Ethical Questions at New York’s “Opioid Courts”
Early one morning in January 2018, Bruce Gramiack Jr. awoke to find his cellmate’s ...
Nicotine 101: The Truth About What It Is and What it Does
In July 2017, an announcement by the FDA declared that the agency “places nicotine, ...
A “Competence Vacuum” in Trump’s Opioid Response Team
In January, the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) outlined its strategy “to address, head ...
