Tag: overdose
Harm Reduction Is Growing in Scotland—But So Are Overdose Deaths
In November 2018, Scotland launched a revised national drug policy that prioritizes recovery resources, ...
Maine Legislators Choose Stigma Over Science in Shameful SCS Decision
On May 10, the members of the Health and Human Services Committee of Maine’s ...
Innovative Canadian “Street Degree” Empowers Peer Harm Reduction Workers
In British Columbia, an entirely peer-taught overdose prevention “Street Degree” program has graduated its ...
Three Recent Stories Illustrate the Media’s Ongoing Drug-War Propaganda
Three widely distributed stories from the past couple of months illustrate the profound ways ...
Trump Doubles Down on “Drug-Free” America and the Death Penalty
President Donald Trump’s contradictory messages about his response to the opioid-involved overdose crisis were ...
DEA’s “Innovative” Strategy in New Orleans Encourages Ever-Harsher Prosecutions
On April 16, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) launched its latest punishment-driven, treatment-inflected response ...
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, ...
