Tag: overdose
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 ...
Narcan Inventor Condemns Indiana City Cops’ Suspension of OD Reversals
Some law enforcement organizations across Indiana have established policies that punish or prohibit the ...
An Indiana Police Dept. No Longer Reversing Overdoses During Pandemic
An Indiana law enforcement department has suspended police administration of naloxone, the opioid overdose ...
Overdose Prevention Is COVID-19 Prevention, Too
I heard a story last week of a man who was struggling with opioid ...
How Harm Reduction Is Responding to the Pandemic
In the two weeks since the first coronavirus cases were confirmed in New York ...
San Diego County Lawmaker Pushes to End Syringe Exchange Ban
A lawmaker in San Diego County, California is urging his colleagues to rethink a ...
Study: Stopping Long-Term Opioid Prescriptions Associated With Veterans’ Deaths
For years, pain patient activists have been sounding the alarm about the consequences of ...
Tightrope: A Powerful But Problematic Deaths-of-Despair Narrative
Through the 1970s, Nicholas Kristof rode the Number 6 bus to school with Donna ...
