Tag: overdose
Portugal’s Decriminalization of Drug Use, Explained
In 2001, Portugal was experiencing an opioid-involved overdose crisis, similar to the one gripping ...
Tennessee Plan to Mandate Lockable Prescription Bottles May Help, But Only Slightly
New Tennessee legislation hopes to tackle teenage prescription opioid use by keeping pill bottles ...
Heroin Buyers Clubs Proposed by Researchers to Reduce Overdose
The crisis of opioid-related deaths extends throughout North America. Similar to cities across the ...
Rate of Opioid-Related Deaths Will “Substantially Worsen” Under Current Conditions, Study Projects
Current drug and health policy is clearly not doing enough to end the crisis ...
Feds Take First Formal Swing at Stopping Supervised Consumption Space
The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania launched a preemptive strike ...
Fentanyl Overdoses Spike on Mexico’s Northern Border But Remain Invisible
When it landed three years ago, some six guys died here in one week,” ...
“Exhilarating”—The Life of a Career Drug Dealer Illustrates Hard Truths
Casper has lived a life out straight out of Pulp Fiction. Over a 26-year ...
What Is Harm Reduction, Anyway?
We often describe Filter as “harm reduction journalism”—meaning both journalism that comes out of ...
Harm Reduction in the Land of 10,000 Rehabs
Addiction counselor Stephanie Devich points to a Christmas tree glimmering with purple and silver ...
What’s Taking So Long for Naloxone to Be Made Available Over the Counter?
Naloxone can reverse an opioid overdose within minutes. Prompt access would prevent many of ...
