Tag: overdose
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 ...
Study: A Seattle Safer Consumption Site Would Save Money, as Well as Lives
Just one safer consumption space (SCS) for people who use drugs in Kings County, ...
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 ...
