Tag: overdose
Will Minnesota, Which Authorized OPC, Actually Open Them?
Minnesota was just the second US state (after Rhode Island) to authorize overdose prevention ...
Refelonizing Fentanyl Had No Good Outcomes: Colorado Study
Increasing criminal penalties for fentanyl had zero impact on overdose deaths in Colorado and ...
Despite Court Win, Few Consumption Sites Saved From Ontario Shutdown
Harm reduction advocates in Ontario succeeded in winning a court injunction against a new ...
Scotland’s Overdose Prevention Center Up and Running: Will There Be More?
In January, Scotland opened the first sanctioned overdose prevention center (OPC) in the United ...
SFPD Drug Seizures “Significantly” Linked to Fatal Overdose, Data Show
New federally funded research examining drug policing and overdose data out of San Francisco ...
OPC and “Paraphernalia” Decrim Bills Miss Key Deadline in Maryland
Harm reduction advocates in Maryland have fought for years to get lawmakers to pass ...
GOP Plans to Slash Medicaid Would Worsen Overdose Crisis
Republicans, in control of the White House and both chambers of Congress, aim to ...
Federal Drug Trafficking Data Show Who Gets Prosecuted for Overdose
Data from the United States Sentencing Commission (USSC) show that under 7 percent of ...
Baltimore’s First Overdose Response Chief Endorses OPC and Safe Supply
With a historic drop in overdose deaths and hundreds of millions of opioid settlement ...
Inside Rhode Island’s Pioneering Overdose Prevention Center
In January, the United States’ first state-sanctioned overdose prevention center (OPC) began operations in ...
